<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Egyptian artist Elham Shaheen, during her speech at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Egyptian Film Writers and Critics Association, before receiving a special honor, spoke about Palestine, citing the recent events that took place in the city of Rafah in Palestine, an event known as “burning the people’s tents.” </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:568/568;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/165be708-ee09-426f-af4e-b88d9e1810fe.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Elham Shaheen said, in a video clip she posted on her official account on the photo and video sharing site Instagram, that she could not sleep after seeing what was happening in Palestine, especially in Rafah, and that everyone felt upset and extremely sad. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:568/568;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/4a7233cd-a11e-4ddf-ab2b-cf1ee1bb2e03.jpg" ></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Elham Shaheen confirms her pain due to the recent events in Rafah</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She justified the participation of artists in festivals and events because of what has been happening in Palestine since October 7 of last year, pointing out that life must go on, but at the same time, what happened there. I feel great pain in my heart because I was there. “Naturally, we attend festivals, events, and events, but our hearts Pain for Palestine.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She added: “The safe people were sleeping in tents on the ground, but their homes were destroyed and their tents exploded and burned. I saw the sights and heard the screams.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She also sent a message to the international community, criticizing its silence regarding what is happening in Palestine, stressing that Israel is violating all international conventions and everything related to human rights, and that it has gone too far in its statement.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She says that there are many people in the world who support Palestine and their right to establish their state and defend their land, and she stressed that the Palestinians are defending their land. She denounced that if a person defends his land and is called a “terrorist” - as Israel does - then he agrees to become a terrorist in order to protect his homeland from any invasion from abroad.</p><figure class="image"><img></figure><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Elham Shaheen: Something extremely vile</span></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:rgb(247,247,250);color:rgb(0,0,0);">Elham Shaheen wrote on her Instagram account: “The explosions that occurred in Palestinian civilian camps while they were sleeping at night are something of the utmost vileness from the brutal Zionist entity... It is a violation of all international laws.”</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:rgb(247,247,250);color:rgb(0,0,0);">She continued, "Our hearts are very aching for what is happening in terms of massacres, extermination, and burning of a people defending their land, their entity, and their legitimate rights. May God grant victory to Palestine and have mercy on their martyrs. And, God willing, victory is near, God willing."</span></p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7gS4Qlojcb/"></oembed></figure>