Eng. Zakaria
@zakharara.bsky.social
Software Engineer, .NET & Flutter, Tech & Science lover | Gaza survivor 🇵🇸, Sharing my story & hoping to rebuild 💙
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Eng. Zakaria
@zakharara.bsky.social
· Jul 20
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
Support a young software engineer and his Ukrainian family in their dream of safety, healing, and a new beginning.
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Hi everyone 💛 This is @divyampersaud.com & @oykukoc.bsky.social - we’re managing this account for Zakaria, since his IP is being blocked by the app.
Posts will be Zakaria’s own words, and anything else, we’ll sign with our names.
- Divya & Öykü
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
Posts will be Zakaria’s own words, and anything else, we’ll sign with our names.
- Divya & Öykü
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
GOOD NEWS. Our beloved Zakaria safely evacuated to Ukraine two weeks ago 🩷 He wanted everyone to know but has been SO tired & busy.
He’s trying to leave soon because of the situation there. Any help will go towards this effort & a laptop so he can start working.
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
—Divya
He’s trying to leave soon because of the situation there. Any help will go towards this effort & a laptop so he can start working.
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
—Divya
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
GOOD NEWS. Our beloved Zakaria safely evacuated to Ukraine two weeks ago 🩷 He wanted everyone to know but has been SO tired & busy.
He’s trying to leave soon because of the situation there. Any help will go towards this effort & a laptop so he can start working.
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
—Divya
He’s trying to leave soon because of the situation there. Any help will go towards this effort & a laptop so he can start working.
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
—Divya
Hello friends, I’m still safe. The situation in Northern Gaza is extremely dangerous — heavy bombardment, internet cuts, and tanks closing in. I’m still here in the north but considering moving south. Sadly, there are no available means of transport and the roads are overcrowded
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September 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hello friends, I’m still safe. The situation in Northern Gaza is extremely dangerous — heavy bombardment, internet cuts, and tanks closing in. I’m still here in the north but considering moving south. Sadly, there are no available means of transport and the roads are overcrowded
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Zakaria. Zakaria’s mother is Ukrainian and they lived in Gaza City where he was a software engineer. Early in the war his house was fire bombed killing his brother and father and leaving Zakaria trapped in the rubble with significant injuries.
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Zakaria. Zakaria’s mother is Ukrainian and they lived in Gaza City where he was a software engineer. Early in the war his house was fire bombed killing his brother and father and leaving Zakaria trapped in the rubble with significant injuries.
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Zak is Ukrainian-Palestinian, in Gaza now & his mother is in Ukraine waiting for him.
Please support Zak.
Please support Zak.
Friends, thank you for your support. Here’s my situation now: I’m waiting for possible evacuation by the Ukrainian government, but nothing is confirmed yet—we only hold on to hope. Meanwhile, we face displacement and I’m desperately searching for work to survive..
September 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Zak is Ukrainian-Palestinian, in Gaza now & his mother is in Ukraine waiting for him.
Please support Zak.
Please support Zak.
Friends, thank you for your support. Here’s my situation now: I’m waiting for possible evacuation by the Ukrainian government, but nothing is confirmed yet—we only hold on to hope. Meanwhile, we face displacement and I’m desperately searching for work to survive..
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Friends, thank you for your support. Here’s my situation now: I’m waiting for possible evacuation by the Ukrainian government, but nothing is confirmed yet—we only hold on to hope. Meanwhile, we face displacement and I’m desperately searching for work to survive..
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Just 99 left guys. We have tried for a month to reach a goal that we should have done in three days. Zakaria has been waiting. He isn’t saving money, all of this is gone. He needs to evacuate. Every 5 helps. It’s more than he gets!!
911/1000 by TONIGHT. @zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
911/1000 by TONIGHT. @zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of…
chuffed.org
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just 99 left guys. We have tried for a month to reach a goal that we should have done in three days. Zakaria has been waiting. He isn’t saving money, all of this is gone. He needs to evacuate. Every 5 helps. It’s more than he gets!!
911/1000 by TONIGHT. @zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
911/1000 by TONIGHT. @zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
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Zakaria is having to displace. The situation in north Gaza is a nightmare each second, and each second we don't help him, it gets worse and harder for him to escape.
830/1000 by Friday night. This is all that has been raised...ever...for him.
@zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
830/1000 by Friday night. This is all that has been raised...ever...for him.
@zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of…
chuffed.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Zakaria is having to displace. The situation in north Gaza is a nightmare each second, and each second we don't help him, it gets worse and harder for him to escape.
830/1000 by Friday night. This is all that has been raised...ever...for him.
@zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
830/1000 by Friday night. This is all that has been raised...ever...for him.
@zakharara.bsky.social @oykukoc.bsky.social
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Hey y'all. This is seriously an URGENT call. Zakaria doesn't have much savings left, donations stopped, he is forced to evacuate but has no means to cover the move or the tent. By the end of tomorrow, we need to meet 1000, so he can cover some basics. @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hey y'all. This is seriously an URGENT call. Zakaria doesn't have much savings left, donations stopped, he is forced to evacuate but has no means to cover the move or the tent. By the end of tomorrow, we need to meet 1000, so he can cover some basics. @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social
What is happening to us?
We were waiting for the Ukrainian Embassy to evacuate me and my sister from Gaza — and now we are being displaced to the South instead.
We can only hope they will care for us soon
We were waiting for the Ukrainian Embassy to evacuate me and my sister from Gaza — and now we are being displaced to the South instead.
We can only hope they will care for us soon
September 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What is happening to us?
We were waiting for the Ukrainian Embassy to evacuate me and my sister from Gaza — and now we are being displaced to the South instead.
We can only hope they will care for us soon
We were waiting for the Ukrainian Embassy to evacuate me and my sister from Gaza — and now we are being displaced to the South instead.
We can only hope they will care for us soon
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820/1500
Slow progress...
Slow progress...
We will be displaced to South Gaza next days
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
September 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
820/1500
Slow progress...
Slow progress...
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I believe we can help Zakaria with this. Let's aim for a new goal.
795/1500
795/1500
We will be displaced to South Gaza next days
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I believe we can help Zakaria with this. Let's aim for a new goal.
795/1500
795/1500
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Another friend of our circle friends @zakharara.bsky.social vetted by the literal international red cross
Zakaria has never gotten support but he’s preparing for displacement. He’s chronically injured and reliant on his friends—there & outside—for help
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Zakaria has never gotten support but he’s preparing for displacement. He’s chronically injured and reliant on his friends—there & outside—for help
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Another friend of our circle friends @zakharara.bsky.social vetted by the literal international red cross
Zakaria has never gotten support but he’s preparing for displacement. He’s chronically injured and reliant on his friends—there & outside—for help
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Zakaria has never gotten support but he’s preparing for displacement. He’s chronically injured and reliant on his friends—there & outside—for help
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Today I went to my relatives’ home in Northern Gaza to collect my belongings. The situation was terrifying — tanks were nearby firing, and shells hit houses just meters away
Note: this footage was taken in the morning, later I saw this house destroyed right in front of my eyes
Note: this footage was taken in the morning, later I saw this house destroyed right in front of my eyes
August 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Today I went to my relatives’ home in Northern Gaza to collect my belongings. The situation was terrifying — tanks were nearby firing, and shells hit houses just meters away
Note: this footage was taken in the morning, later I saw this house destroyed right in front of my eyes
Note: this footage was taken in the morning, later I saw this house destroyed right in front of my eyes
We will be displaced to South Gaza next days
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We will be displaced to South Gaza next days
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
How many pro-Palestinians here can see this? 💔
I have no money for a tent or even transport costs. Any little help means a lot 👇
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Zakaria update:
Zakaria is hopeful about a temporary ceasefire, but says they are facing imminent displacement “because the fire is getting closer” in the north of Gaza.
Please extend a hand. He needs food & supplies in any case. Thank you.
—Divya & Öykü
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
Zakaria is hopeful about a temporary ceasefire, but says they are facing imminent displacement “because the fire is getting closer” in the north of Gaza.
Please extend a hand. He needs food & supplies in any case. Thank you.
—Divya & Öykü
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Zakaria update:
Zakaria is hopeful about a temporary ceasefire, but says they are facing imminent displacement “because the fire is getting closer” in the north of Gaza.
Please extend a hand. He needs food & supplies in any case. Thank you.
—Divya & Öykü
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
Zakaria is hopeful about a temporary ceasefire, but says they are facing imminent displacement “because the fire is getting closer” in the north of Gaza.
Please extend a hand. He needs food & supplies in any case. Thank you.
—Divya & Öykü
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
I feel hopeless 😞 I share our real suffering, speak and speak, yet so few care. My campaign has had no donations for days.
I wait for a miracle from God to lift us from this despair and oppression 💔
I wait for a miracle from God to lift us from this despair and oppression 💔
Donations have stopped for days…
It’s sad when it feels like people have stopped caring 😔
We endure catastrophic conditions — no work, no livelihood.
My situation and story are explained clearly; all we ask is your help to survive this temporary hardship
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
It’s sad when it feels like people have stopped caring 😔
We endure catastrophic conditions — no work, no livelihood.
My situation and story are explained clearly; all we ask is your help to survive this temporary hardship
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I feel hopeless 😞 I share our real suffering, speak and speak, yet so few care. My campaign has had no donations for days.
I wait for a miracle from God to lift us from this despair and oppression 💔
I wait for a miracle from God to lift us from this despair and oppression 💔
Gaza bleeds from countless wounds.
We don’t know who to mourn or what to mourn.
The city has been slaughtered—
its blood in the streets, its cries beneath the rubble,
falling asleep to the gasp of its own loneliness
We don’t know who to mourn or what to mourn.
The city has been slaughtered—
its blood in the streets, its cries beneath the rubble,
falling asleep to the gasp of its own loneliness
August 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Gaza bleeds from countless wounds.
We don’t know who to mourn or what to mourn.
The city has been slaughtered—
its blood in the streets, its cries beneath the rubble,
falling asleep to the gasp of its own loneliness
We don’t know who to mourn or what to mourn.
The city has been slaughtered—
its blood in the streets, its cries beneath the rubble,
falling asleep to the gasp of its own loneliness
Urgent! The Ukrainian government is discussing evacuating citizens from Gaza, including my sister and me, possibly in September. My campaign aims to cover evacuation costs to save our lives. Help us and share! 🇵🇸🇺🇦 👇
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Urgent! The Ukrainian government is discussing evacuating citizens from Gaza, including my sister and me, possibly in September. My campaign aims to cover evacuation costs to save our lives. Help us and share! 🇵🇸🇺🇦 👇
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
My sister and her husband were heartbroken yesterday. They were hoping to return home after all this dispersion and suffering.
But yesterday the picture of their destroyed house was transferred, which contains all their belongings and memories.
But yesterday the picture of their destroyed house was transferred, which contains all their belongings and memories.
August 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My sister and her husband were heartbroken yesterday. They were hoping to return home after all this dispersion and suffering.
But yesterday the picture of their destroyed house was transferred, which contains all their belongings and memories.
But yesterday the picture of their destroyed house was transferred, which contains all their belongings and memories.
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Please give this boy some money. And if you need a software engineer who doesn't call in sick, he sounds like the perfect candidate
August 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Please give this boy some money. And if you need a software engineer who doesn't call in sick, he sounds like the perfect candidate
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"My father was beside me under the rubble, breathing his last breaths. My brother and other relatives were burned alive. I fought to stay alive, hovering between life and death."
"Against all odds, I resumed my work last month and completed the development of an educational platform for a client"
"Against all odds, I resumed my work last month and completed the development of an educational platform for a client"
New day new push for @zakharara.bsky.social 's fundraiser. Donations are very sparse. He's been trying hard to get more attention to his fundraiser and at the end he got scammed.
Can we make it to the goal by the end of Friday?
696/1000
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Can we make it to the goal by the end of Friday?
696/1000
chuffed.org/project/zaka...
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"My father was beside me under the rubble, breathing his last breaths. My brother and other relatives were burned alive. I fought to stay alive, hovering between life and death."
"Against all odds, I resumed my work last month and completed the development of an educational platform for a client"
"Against all odds, I resumed my work last month and completed the development of an educational platform for a client"
All my posts today weren’t just to share my story.
They had two goals:
1️⃣ Expose the occupation’s crimes by telling my real, ongoing story—one of many.
2️⃣ Set the context for the many posts I’ll share in the coming days
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
They had two goals:
1️⃣ Expose the occupation’s crimes by telling my real, ongoing story—one of many.
2️⃣ Set the context for the many posts I’ll share in the coming days
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
All my posts today weren’t just to share my story.
They had two goals:
1️⃣ Expose the occupation’s crimes by telling my real, ongoing story—one of many.
2️⃣ Set the context for the many posts I’ll share in the coming days
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
They had two goals:
1️⃣ Expose the occupation’s crimes by telling my real, ongoing story—one of many.
2️⃣ Set the context for the many posts I’ll share in the coming days
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
I have no home.
The occupation destroyed it—along with my dreams, my future, and my family.
I feel homeless;
even the bed I sleep on isn’t mine. All I own are a few worn clothes. I am broken, wounded, and living with daily pain and humiliation
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
1/5
The occupation destroyed it—along with my dreams, my future, and my family.
I feel homeless;
even the bed I sleep on isn’t mine. All I own are a few worn clothes. I am broken, wounded, and living with daily pain and humiliation
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
1/5
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I have no home.
The occupation destroyed it—along with my dreams, my future, and my family.
I feel homeless;
even the bed I sleep on isn’t mine. All I own are a few worn clothes. I am broken, wounded, and living with daily pain and humiliation
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
1/5
The occupation destroyed it—along with my dreams, my future, and my family.
I feel homeless;
even the bed I sleep on isn’t mine. All I own are a few worn clothes. I am broken, wounded, and living with daily pain and humiliation
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
1/5
I need to share more… who I am, and part of my story.
In the next posts, I’ll open up about my life, why I launched my campaign, and why I urgently need help. There’s so much more to tell…
In the next posts, I’ll open up about my life, why I launched my campaign, and why I urgently need help. There’s so much more to tell…
August 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I need to share more… who I am, and part of my story.
In the next posts, I’ll open up about my life, why I launched my campaign, and why I urgently need help. There’s so much more to tell…
In the next posts, I’ll open up about my life, why I launched my campaign, and why I urgently need help. There’s so much more to tell…
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Please share and donate if you can.
Please take a moment to see this campaign
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
It supports a weary soul whose pain has lasted far too long — enduring endless hardships, tragedies, and now facing a catastrophe… with even harsher days ahead.
Help us survive — share if you care 🇵🇸❤️
#SaveGaza
chuffed.org/project/zakaria
It supports a weary soul whose pain has lasted far too long — enduring endless hardships, tragedies, and now facing a catastrophe… with even harsher days ahead.
Help us survive — share if you care 🇵🇸❤️
#SaveGaza
Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family
I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...
chuffed.org
August 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Please share and donate if you can.