Dear Qommunity,

In the 7th year of Prophethood, the Muslim community was pushed to the brink of starvation. The Quraysh had imposed a ruthless boycott—no trade, no marriages, no contact. The Muslims were isolated in a valley outside Makkah, slowly starving.

At night, the cries of hungry children pierced the desert silence. These cries broke through the pride of some Quraysh leaders. One of them, Zuhair ibn Abi Umayyah, though not a Muslim, stood before the Quraysh and asked:

“Are we going to eat while Banu Hashim is starving?”

That plea cracked the boycott. It saved lives.

And today, we ask ourselves the same question:

“Are we going to comfortably eat in our homes and cafés while our brothers and sisters in Gaza are starving?”

Over 500 tonnes of food have been left to expire—deliberately blocked by a cruel regime that fears bread more than bombs.

So what can we do?

Australia has been one of the strongest backers of this genocide. But after the massive march in Sydney—where hundreds of thousands of ordinary people took to the streets—we saw a shift in our government’s stance. Pressure works. Your voice matters.

So let’s show up.

Let’s be the voice that breaks the boycott. Let’s be the people who, like Zuhair, refuse to stay silent in the face of starvation and oppression.

Join us tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. in Forrest Place, Perth.

Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your voice.

Rain or shine, we march.

Because they are still starving. And we are still human.

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