{"id":59066,"date":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/12\/26\/gaza-blooms-with-quran-memorizers-honoring-500-hafiz-and-hafiza-in-a-quranic-parade-at-al-shati-refugee-camp\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:00:00","slug":"gaza-blooms-with-quran-memorizers-honoring-500-hafiz-and-hafiza-in-a-quranic-parade-at-al-shati-refugee-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/12\/26\/gaza-blooms-with-quran-memorizers-honoring-500-hafiz-and-hafiza-in-a-quranic-parade-at-al-shati-refugee-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Blooms with Qur\u2019an Memorizers: Honoring 500 Hafiz and Hafiza in a Qur\u2019anic Parade at Al-Shati Refugee Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">Gaza<br \/>\nBlooms with Qur\u2019an Memorizers: Honoring 500 Hafiz and Hafiza in a Qur\u2019anic<br \/>\nParade at Al-Shati Refugee Camp<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:\n20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">Gaza \u2013 In a scene<br \/>\nthat revived the spirit amid the rubble, approximately 500 memorizers of the<br \/>\nHoly Qur\u2019an participated in a Qur\u2019anic procession and an honoring ceremony held<br \/>\non one of the streets of Al-Shati Palestinian Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City. The<br \/>\nevent reflected joy and resilience following two years after Israel\u2019s<br \/>\ndevastating war on the Gaza Strip.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">The event was<br \/>\norganized under the auspices and execution of the Emergency Committee, in<br \/>\ncollaboration with Ayadi Al-Khair Foundation and Alia Kuwaiti Charitable<br \/>\nFoundation, under the slogan \u201cGaza Blooms with Qur\u2019an Memorizers\u201d, sending a<br \/>\nclear message of the Palestinian community\u2019s adherence to its religious<br \/>\nidentity and core values despite harsh circumstances.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">The Qur\u2019anic<br \/>\nprocession commenced within the camp to the sound of Takbirs and chants of<br \/>\npraise, with the hafiz and hafiza leading the participants in an impressive<br \/>\ndisplay of organization and discipline, portraying a generation holding onto<br \/>\nthe Qur\u2019an as a path to life and hope.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">Participants,<br \/>\nincluding children, teenagers, and young adults of both genders, carried<br \/>\nQur\u2019ans, Palestinian flags, and various banners, while residents lined the<br \/>\nstreets, sharing moments of pride through applause and prayers\u2014a human tableau<br \/>\nwhere tears blended with smiles.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">The atmosphere<br \/>\nthroughout the camp was filled with joy and celebration, transforming a street<br \/>\nonce familiar with scenes of bombing and destruction into a space radiating<br \/>\npeace, in an event that resembled a public festival within a community burdened<br \/>\nby war and siege.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">At the conclusion of<br \/>\nthe event, certificates of appreciation and symbolic gifts were distributed to<br \/>\nthe memorizers, with organizers emphasizing that the honoring is part of<br \/>\ncommunity initiatives aimed at safeguarding religious identity and promoting<br \/>\nmoral values, amid the difficult humanitarian conditions faced by Gaza\u2019s<br \/>\nresidents.<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%;\ndirection:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span>(Source:<br \/>\nNews Agencies)<\/span><span lang=\"AR-QA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-bidi-language:AR-QA\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-QA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-bidi-language:AR-QA\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" 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