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NFL star Azeez Al-Shaair honours killed Palestinian girl during game
Original: During yesterday’s game, NFL star Azeez Al-Shaair paid tribute to 8-year-old Palestinian girl Wafaa Akila, who was kille
During yesterday's NFL game, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote the name of Wafaa Akila on his eye black strips, paying tribute to the eight-year-old Palestinian girl killed alongside her father in an Israeli airstrike. The gesture is being shared as a show of solidarity with Gaza, and follows Al-Shaair's repeated public statements on the conflict.
Why now: A prominent American athlete publicly memorialising a Palestinian child killed in Gaza is drawing attention amid ongoing discussion of the war.
Azeez Al-ShaairWafaa AkilaNFLGazaIsrael
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- During yesterday’s game, NFL star Azeez Al-Shaair paid tribute to 8-year-old Palestinian girl Wafaa Akila, who was killed alongside her father in an Israeli airstrike, by writing her name on his eye black strips in a show of solidarity with Gaza. Al-Shaair has repeatedly… · QudsNen@mastodon.neometropolis.net · 6
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