A painful subject that I hope we can talk about honestly, without sugarcoating it… We see women and girls from Gaza who are still living inside the Strip and who deserve every bit of respect and appreciation. They are an honorable reflection of our people and our homeland—holding on to their dignity and preserving their values despite the war, loss, displacement, and all the cruelty surrounding them. At the same time, there are other scenes that are painful and embarrassing… Girls both inside and outside Gaza are going live on TikTok, presenting the suffering of Gaza and its people through begging and emotional appeals, while their own accounts show lives filled with shopping malls, trips, parties, nights out, and displays of luxury. It is shameful… truly shameful. It is shameful to use the name of Gaza as a means of showing off or collecting gifts and money. It is shameful for people’s pain, hunger, displacement, tents, and losses to become content that is exploited for personal gain. Gaza is not a commodity. The suffering of its people is not a tool for begging. And people’s pain is not material for entertainment or self-promotion. There is such a thing as dignity… And there is also the image of an entire homeland whose name we carry, making us responsible for how others see it. Today, donations have often become concentrated among people who have been running established initiatives since the beginning of the war, or among those who ask for help through emotional appeals such as: “We have no food… look at our tent… look at our situation.” Meanwhile, many people who lived with dignity, who had enough before the war, and then lost their homes, money, and livelihoods, continue to suffer in silence—because their dignity prevents them from turning their tragedy into a daily spectacle for others. And here lies the painful irony: Silence and dignity can cause those who genuinely need help to be forgotten, while those who are good at putting on a show and appealing to people’s emotions receive more and more attention. To the families of Gaza… pay attention to your daughters. And pay even more attention to the image of Gaza that is being presented in your name and in the name of your families. We are not against someone asking for help when they genuinely need it. Nor are we against donations reaching those who truly deserve them. But we are against turning tragedy into a business, and turning poverty and destruction into a means of creating content and collecting gifts. Protect the name of #Gaza… It is not merely the name of a city. It is history, dignity, people, pain, and a responsibility that we all carry. Enough… والله، enough. https://gofund.me/83e09b493 #Gaza #Palestine #StandWithGaza #MutualAid #Humanity #SupportPalestine #SaveLives #EmergencyRelief