A Plea for Help.

Some updates on what has happened since the last entry.

Jenazah Allahyarham Ammar Zulkifli telah selamat dibawa balik ke Malaysia (dengan bantuan JPA) dan dikebumikan di kampung halamannya. Allahyarham was a very much loved friend to many people in Cairo, and many cried for his loss. In fact, the Timbalan Mufti Selangor himself was there to lead his jenazah prayers.

As for the other four - two are still in ICU whereas the other two have been discharged home with minor injuries. One of the students in ICU is still unconscious due to sedation (he had a traumatic brain injury) and the other one is awaiting surgery (currently unstable/unfit for surgery) for multiple fractures (including a fracture of the acetabulum). Although the other two escaped with minor physical injuries, the psychological burden and trauma is immense. All five of them are in the middle of their exams and the two 'well' ones have to sit for exams despite all the events that have just happened. Apart from that, the loss of a very close friend while you walk away relatively unharmed is enough to bring nightmares to anyone. Imagine being the driver of the car and seeing your friend pass away right in front of your eyes from the severity of injuries - what trauma that would entail!

I know this sounds like a horror movie with all the ambulance drama, but that's how the healthcare system works over there in Egypt. Alhamdulillah, JPA is paying for all their hospital bills, which you can imagine is immense (since setiap investigation pun kena bayar). But another major aftermath of all that is that the students have to pay for the cost of repairing the car, which they say 'tak nampak rupa kereta dah' - the sum of which is a staggering LE 25000 (approximately GBP 3000). For students over there who receive a mere income of USD $400 a month, mana nak korek nak cari duit nak bayar semua tu?

A group of their friends are helping them out by asking for donations from those who download a song they created for their lost friend. And here I am, asking you to reach into your pockets for some sympathy for these kids. Budak2 ni memang budak2 baik, semua orang kat sana pun sayang dan kesian kat diorang. And I'm sure for those yang pernah pergi Egypt, you can testify to the generosity of our Malaysian students studying over there. Well, here's a chance for us to show them that we on this side of the world are capable of being generous too.



For those who wish to help, you can donate via my HSBC account with the details as follows, atau melalui Paypal (alamat email hana_shams@yahoo.com). I will inshaAllah bring all your kind contributions with me when I go there in late July.

Name: Miss Z I Asmawi
Account No: 31598813
Sort Code: 400500
Reference: Derma

For those in Malaysia, you can contribute directly into Mohamad Saif bin Jamaluddin's (one of the victims) HSBC account (nombor akaun 311 133 524 025). For those yang bukan di UK, Ireland atau Malaysia, bolehlah menyumbang melalui akaun saya juga (sebab akaun Saif takde 100% details untuk international deposits). Cumanya the details would be as follows.

Full Name: Zaatil Iffah Asmawi
International Bank Account No: GB29MIDL40050031598813
Branch ID Code: MIDLGB2173E

Untuk maklumat lanjut, boleh layari website persatuan pelajar medic kat sana, Perubatan.

I thank you all for your kind thoughts, prayers and every single penny/pence/sen. May God reward you endlessly and make things easy for you as you have done for others. InshaAllah.