Save Abeer: A Mother’s Sacrifice, A Call for Compassion
Today, I received the worst, most horrific news about my dearest soul-sister, my friend, and my love for the past year, Abeer. She was injured in the head by an Israeli missile.
I fell in love with this human because of all the commonalities we share—it is as if God sent her into my life to be my strength and hope. She says otherwise. She believes I was sent to her to be her beacon of hope. What’s more important is that I fell in love with her children, Shams and Jusuf, who are five years old and one year old. They became part of me—part of my heart, my soul, my blood. I can’t even begin to describe how much I love them; there are no words in any language to fully express it.
Shams and Jusuf trying to find moments of innocence amidst the chaos.
Abeer’s resilience shines as she endures unimaginable pain to protect her children.
A Call for Compassion
Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to survive amidst corruption, lack of supplies, and targeted destruction. Abeer desperately needs money for medical treatment, food, and even a tent for shelter. I have been trying to raise money all day, but it feels like no one can hear my call because they’re too busy with their own trivial lives. My heart feels like it will explode with pain, knowing that someone so special to me is suffering so deeply.
Abeer has never blamed an entire group of people for her suffering. She says, “They are all different,” and prays to God to forgive those who have harmed her, even while seeing videos of doctors being buried in mass graves. Her faith and morality are far greater than I could ever hope to achieve. She inspires me daily to be a better person, to be more faithful, and to never give up hope.
For the sake of her children, I hope her head injury heals and that she recovers. But it doesn’t look good. The main road to Gaza’s only functioning hospital has been bombed, leaving no way to access critical care. The Israelis are punishing civilians for what their resistance did on October 7, despite the fact that these civilians didn’t choose this government. It’s as if all Americans were punished for Trump’s policies or Biden’s decisions—children targeted and lives destroyed for political choices they had no hand in making.
These are rhetorical questions; I don’t want your answers. What I need is your compassion, your sympathy—and your help. Please, if you can, donate to help save Abeer or at least ensure her children have a chance at survival. They deserve more than this. They deserve to dream, to laugh, and to grow up without fear.
