As Ramadan enters our lives each year, it brings with it a shift—a moment of clarity where we step back from our daily routines and ask ourselves deeper questions. It is a month where we naturally reevaluate our relationship with Allah (swt), our priorities, and the direction of our lives. In this sacred time, we begin to ponder: What does success truly mean?

A blessed month has come to us, a month whose arrival we rejoice in despite the pain, sorrow, and calamities we experience. A month about whose blessings and greatness are mentioned in many verses and hadiths: including the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about the first night of Ramadan:

Donald Trump’s recent comment, “The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too... create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area, do a real job, do something different”, is part of a long-standing colonialist mindset that has shaped U.S. foreign policy for centuries.

On the 7th of February, Save the Children reported that at least 224 children have been killed in the West Bank by Zionist forces or settlers since January 2023, the youngest just 2 years old. According to the UN, 171 children were killed in the West Bank since 7th October 2023 – equivalent to almost 1 every other day.