What does Eid mean to a child in Gaza?

For most children around the world, Eid morning is magical. New clothes laid out the night before. The smell of food. The excitement of seeing family. The feeling even just for one day that the world is generous and beautiful and full of good things.

For a child in Gaza, that morning looks very different.

Displaced families have no home to decorate. No table to gather around. No certainty that the day will feel any different from the days before it. And for many children, there will be no new clothes. No gift. No moment that says you are seen, you are loved, and today is for you.

Eid is in days. And tonight on the most merciful night of the entire Islamic year you can change what that morning looks like for a child in Gaza.

A hot Iftar meal tonight so they do not break their fast with nothing. And clothing for Eid so that when the morning of celebration arrives, they have something to wear that makes them feel the way every child deserves to feel on Eid.

‍Tonight is the night to give that.

The Prophet ﷺ would give new clothes to his family for Eid. It was not luxury. It was dignity. A way of saying, this day is special, and so are you.

A child in Gaza deserves to feel that.

"Allah is merciful to those who are merciful to others." - Sahih Bukhari

On the most merciful night of the year, let your mercy reach a child who is waiting for it. Feed them tonight. Clothe them for Eid. Let them wake up on Eid morning knowing that someone, somewhere, remembered them.

That someone is you. And tonight is the night to be it.