Palestine Solidarity Day today: Pakistani boy, sister dedicate their awards to Gaza

LAHORE:On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, being observed today (Friday), two Pakistani children have dedicated their recently bestowed awards to the children of Gaza, the victims of unprecedented violence in the world history so far.

Ten-and-a half years old Ubaydah al-Fiddhah Hafiah, and her 12-year-old brother Ghulam Bishar Hafi, were honoured by the UN-KAKHTAH Postdoctoral DRR Multiversity, over their symbolic move of writing protest notes, along with an open letter, with their own blood, to the world authorities and various UN bodies to highlight the plight of children in Gaza, Congo, Mozambique, Myanmar, Syria and other parts of the world.

The announcement was made in a press release, issued by the children through Prof Dr Aurangzeb Hafi, their father as well as inspiration, and the senior PI for postdoctoral research in Asia and Oceania, on the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

As far as the history of the day is concerned, the UN General Assembly had called for the annual observance of November 29 as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Resolution 32/40 B), in 1977.

This year (2024), an exhibition titled ‘Gaza, Palestine: A Crisis of Our Humanity’, is being organised at the Visitors’ Lobby of the General Assembly building from Nov 26, 2024 to Jan 5, 2025.

On the World Children’s Day 2024, observed across the globe on Nov 20, the UN-KAKHTAH Postdoctoral DRR Multiversity, announced award for the brother and sister for consistently raising voice for the horror-struck children in Gaza, Congo, Mozambique, Myanmar, Syria and elsewhere in the world. They were honoured with UN’s ‘Grace do Monaco’ international medal and the ‘Eglantyne Jebb Platinum Pen for Peace’.