I wish I could go to Gaza... A heartfelt plea from the depths of my heart
A true hope of mine...
Sometimes a person falls in love with something unknown, something he has never seen.
And neither does he fully know about it it's just that the heart chooses a direction, settles there, and then returning becomes impossible.
This began when the war in Gaza started from 7th October.
Before the atrocities in Gaza, I was only familiar with the name "Palestine," but I didn’t know anything about "Gaza."
Then after the war, I started learning about Gaza.
I saw pictures and videos from various places on the internet about the lives of people before the war their lifestyle, their smiles, I saw the streets of Gaza... it touched my heart.
After seeing all this, I developed such a deep connection with Gaza that I was filled with deep regret about why I couldn’t go to Gaza before the war.
Uncontrollable tears started flowing from my eyes and these words started coming from my heart:
"I wish I had known about Gaza earlier,
I could have spent some time there,
Or I wish I had been a resident of Gaza."
But then I think, even if I had known earlier,
Was I financially strong? Did I have any power to go to Gaza?
And even today I don’t have the ability to go to Gaza.
Anyway,
Last night I had a dream
That I was present in Gaza...
I was watching the people, and I was crying because of the oppression that had happened to them,
And my heart was saying:
"I will stay hungry myself, but I will feed my food to these oppressed ones."
In the dream I was feeling hungry too, and the same feeling was there that I would help them in every possible way.
Then I woke up,
And my heart ached even more.
That I wish I could go to Gaza
But I know that I do not have any wealth, power, or authority.
But still, I have a heart, feelings, and pain.
That I wish I could go to Gaza,
I wish I could share in their sorrow.
But I believe in Allah, that one day I will surely go to Gaza.
And one day my dream will surely come true.