{"title":"\"If You Hear Bombing, Say Alhamdulilah\" | Gaza Diaries","slug":"if-you-hear-bombing-say-alhamdulilah-gaza-diaries","author":"Dr. Omar Suleiman","abstract":"Dr. Omar Suleiman sits down with Dr. Haifaa Younis, who recently returned from spending the last nights of Ramadan in Northern Gaza volunteering as an OBGYN. Dr. Younis describes the selfless gratitude that everyone in Gaza exhibits amidst the chaos, sharing numerous stories of perseverance,...","topics":["Politics & Practical Theology","Psychology & Mental Health","Social Justice","Trauma"],"published_date":"2024-04-24 21:13:14","video_url":"https://youtu.be/VqCps7rwmIM","transcript_summary":"“If You Hear Bombing, Say Alhamdulilah” | Gaza Diaries","key_points":["During eight days at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the last ten days of Ramadan, obstetrician Dr. Haifaa Younis heard only one complaint, from a nurse who said simply, “Doctor, we are tired.” Drones buzzed outside her window day and night, and staff reassured her that as long as she could hear them she was safe, and that anyone who hears a bomb has survived it. She likened what the world sees on screens to an appetizer, estimating it shows only 1–3 percent of the reality.","Having also served after the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, she drew a sharp contrast between the two. The earthquake was a single day’s decree of Allah ﷻ, the world rushed to help, and survivors expected to rebuild within a year or two. Gaza faces a deliberate, ongoing campaign in which families are pursued from one displacement to the next, schools and hospitals are destroyed, and no return is promised. Still, people of every age insisted the land is theirs and they are not leaving.","What struck her most was how spiritually prepared the people of Gaza seemed for their test, a readiness rooted in how they had been raised. It showed in their bond with the Qur’an, from teenagers who had memorized ten juzʾ to a twenty-three-year-old imam among the ahl al-safwa, who recite the entire Qur’an in one sitting. A displaced mother who walked ten kilometers through the night with her son explained that she had always taught her children that this life is temporary and that she lives for the hereafter."],"chapters":null,"series_name":"Gaza Diaries with Dr. Omar Suleiman","url":"https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/gaza-diaries/if-you-hear-bombing-say-alhamdulilah-gaza-diaries?utm_source=webmcp&utm_medium=ai-agent&utm_campaign=content-discovery"}