29th Night Request: Additional Gaza Families Evacuation Appeal | Help Us Support Our Community Members Families Seeking Help To Evacuate

as'salaamu alaykum,

As the violence continues to escalate in Gaza, many are making the difficult decision to evacuate with their families from Rafah into Egypt.  We have a few more members of our community whose close friends and family members are in need of support to evacuate now.  Below are some campaigns that we can confirm are legitimate and will go towards helping families with children evacuate in pursuit of safety.  Be sure to give what you can to support those in need as part of your worship on this blessed 29th night of Ramadan.  

Contributions made will be eligible for zakat but are not tax-deductible. 

1. Rawan Abualwan, a current PHd candidate at NYU Tandon, is from Palestine and started her degree at NYU in the Fall 2023 semester. She has lost numerous friends and even family including her grandmother and is now raising funds at https://gofund.me/f38da5c6 to get her remaining family members out of Gaza including her aunt and her family (total 4) and 2 uncles and their familes of 6 and 5.  You can find more information on their situation and donate to help them evacuate by clicking here.
    
2. Mesk Ali is a close friend of members of our community and is raising funds at https://www.gofundme.com/f/argent-help-evacuate-mesk-and-her-family-from-gaza-war for her remaining family members to evacuate. Her mother has already died due to deteriorating health and lack of medical care.  You can find more information on their situation and donate to help them evacuate by clicking here. 
    
3. Samy M. Harmoush, a member of our community, is raising funds at https://www.gofundme.com/f/5a4wv-help-gazan-family-survive for Lama and her family of 9 to evacuate after having spent all these months in the northern part of Gaza with no food, water, and the elders in their families near death with no adequate medical support.  You can find more information on their situation and donate to help them evacuate by clicking here.
    
4.  Aoun Jafarey, a member of our community, is raising funds at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mohammeds-family-a-journey-for-safety for a young named Mohammed Qudaih - a registered refugee with the UNRWA and made his way over to the US via a US embassy program. He's lost a sister in previous escalations and one of his brothers was martyred during the IDF's bombing of Khan Yunis in the ongoing war. His entire family has had to relocate to Rafah like thousands of other Palestinian families, they are in urgent need of financial assistance. You can find more information on their situation and donate to help them evacuate by clicking here.

Please do give whatever you can. Whether it's $1, $5 ... $5000, every bit will make a difference. And please keep our sisters and brothers in Gaza in your thoughts and prayers. May Allah reward you for your generosity and give you and your loved ones only the best in this world and in the next. Ameen.

- Khalid
                                                           
Imam Khalid Latif
University Chaplain  |  Global Spiritual Life at NYU 
Executive Director  |  The Islamic Center at NYU 
Senior Fellow & Co-Founder  |  Of Many Institute for Multifaith Leadership
Adjunct Assistant Professor  | NYU Wagner 
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