Rosa Rahimi


25 July 2024

Gaza’s Orphans

In the early days of the war, I came across a photo of an orphanage in Gaza City, mainly for children with disabilities. Searching for more information online, I found a GoFundMe page from a few years ago: a British man was running a marathon in support of the Mubarat al-Rahma orphanage, which seemed to be the same place. I sent a message via GoFundMe and heard back a couple of weeks later – the man and his wife have been supporting the orphanage for years, and still are. They introduced me to Hazem al-Naizi, who manages it, looking after twenty children. Hazem and his wife also have five children of their own.

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