<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">The artist <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.sbisiali.com/ar/news/article/shukran-mortaja-responds-to-critics-of-her-membership-in-the-artists-syndicate">Shukran Murtaja</a> recalled her visit to Gaza, which she made with a group of Syrian artists of Palestinian origin in 1999. The visit was a solidarity stand and a kind of support and assistance for the people who are resisting the entity.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><strong>Shukran Murtaja recalls her visit to Gaza</strong></span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1202/676;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/5674ce08-be51-4795-bb81-19bec71b9d1a.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Shukran said in her interview on Roya TV: “When I read the name Palestine, I started shaking until we reached the crossing. When we arrived, we got down to the ground and kissed the dirt. The next morning, I opened the window and filled my lungs with the air of Palestine...in addition to the sea, the smell of soap and thyme, and I saw the grave of my grandmother and my master.” </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1000/666;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/e1610ed6-18c1-490f-bc43-9211d71ba5b9.jpeg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Shukran added: “The surprising thing was that the people there supported us and gave us strength, and despite all the circumstances they went through, they are living their lives normally.”</p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><strong>Shukran Murtaja: We have one enemy...and we are brothers</strong></span> </h3><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:553/371;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a4df5883-45cf-41e8-a2c0-991bdf000689.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Commenting on the topic that she always supports all Arab peoples in any event that happens, Shukran said: “I belong to all Arab nations and whenever something happens in a country, it hurts me. Arabs are brothers and disagreements can happen like any brotherhood, and my enemy is one, which is Israel, which took my country and is killing people.”</p><h4 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><strong>Lebanon is the lung of Syria</strong></span> </h4><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1110/650;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/932569cb-0196-4b79-85e4-a32b1ebc637d.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Regarding what is happening today, Murtaja revealed that all she is currently thinking about is how she can reach Lebanon and how she can help people in the war regardless of their orientations because Lebanon is Syria’s lung and a country that has embraced and supported it.</p><h5 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );"><strong>Shukran Murtaja mourns her cousin in Gaza</strong></span></h5><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> On the other hand, in the morning, Murtaja mourned her cousin, whose photo she posted on her social media accounts, commenting by saying: “With hearts that believe in God’s will and destiny and with great pride and honor, I mourn my cousin, the martyr Muhammad Tawhid Ali Murtaja (Abu Abdullah), who ascended to his Lord as a martyr.” </p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBlOgMuui2W/?igsh=MWxnYmFkZzhid3Z2eQ=="></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She added: "Praise be to God, who honored him with martyrdom in Gaza. On behalf of myself, my family and my brothers, I offer my sincere condolences to my dear cousin Abu Ali, may God have mercy on him, and to the entire Murtaja family. May God accept our martyr and have mercy on him, Amen."</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>