WHY I COULD NOT STAY SILENT

Salman Yousuff Khan

I am a father to a young son.

And like every parent, I see the world through his eyes.

For years now, I have watched images from Gaza that no parent should ever have to see. Children hurt, families broken, fathers holding what they love most and losing it in their arms. Those images have stayed with me every single day.

I realized that silence, in moments like these, becomes a choice. And I did not want to choose silence.

I may not be able to change the world. But I can refuse to look away. I can speak. I can act. I can try.

This initiative is my small way of doing something instead of doing nothing. To raise awareness, to raise support, and to remind myself and others that no voice is too small to matter.

If even one child is helped, one family supported, or one heart moved to act — it will be worth it.

I offer this effort with sincerity, as a human being first, and as a father always.