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## About Me

My name is Nourhan, a mother of six wonderful children, a university graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic Language and Teaching Methods, and a woman who once believed that education could open the door to a brighter future.

I dreamed of building a meaningful career and giving my children a safe and beautiful life. But high unemployment left me unable to find work, and the future I had imagined slowly became harder to reach.

Then my life changed in another way. After a traumatic experience involving my child falling from a relative’s elevator, I developed chronic health problems, including an underactive thyroid, adrenal insufficiency, and abnormal cortisol levels. I now need regular medical care, examinations, and treatment—needs that have become painfully difficult to afford during the war.

My husband worked in teaching through a temporary employment program. He tried to provide for our family despite already struggling with a vision problem. But after developing severe joint and cartilage problems, he became unable to work.

Then the war took what remained.

We lost our home, our stability, and our source of income. Today, my six children and I live in a torn and fragile tent, with no reliable income and no real protection from the harshness around us.

Two months before the war began, I gave birth to my little daughter, Sandy. I had waited for her with immense love and anticipation. She was the only girl among my six children, surrounded by five brothers, and I dreamed of giving her the gentle childhood she deserved.

But the war took even the simplest moments of motherhood from me.

Fear, hunger, and the unbearable stress caused my breast milk to dry up. I could not even continue breastfeeding my newborn daughter. A mother should never have to choose between feeding her baby and surviving another day.

I am not writing these words to ask for pity. I am writing because behind every number and every headline is a family, a mother, and six children trying to hold on to life.

I still dream of a future where my children can grow up safely, where I can care for my health, where my husband can work again, and where Sandy can know what a peaceful childhood feels like.

I lost almost everything, but I have not lost hope.

If you choose to stand beside us, your kindness will not simply help a family survive—it will remind us that we have not been forgotten. 🤍🍉