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This Independence Day, model Nadia Hussain is thinking of the people of Palestine. She posted pictures of herself with a caption explaining how her feelings are different this year in light of the situation in Palestine.

She said that she “surely [had] mixed feelings about celebrating our independence when millions of helpless [Palestinian brothers,] sisters and children [are] in dire need of freedom from their oppressors”. Calling out global greed and hunger for power, she said, “The rich are becoming richer and the poor are just dying”.

Pointing to Pakistan, Hussain said the trend continues here with “the power hungry [not caring] about right or wrong”. She said, “They only want more & more.” The model said she was “happy [to] live in an independent country” but that she was “feeling more and more encaged in this web of lies, deceit and might”. She ended her note by praying that we come to fight for what’s right.

Hussain is no stranger to advocacy for Palestine, having been seen at pro-Palestine demonstrations as far back as 2021. Even then, she was calling for a boycott of Israeli products while making the necessary distinction between Judaism as a religion and Israel as a state.

Palestine has been suffering from a catastrophic military campaign by the Israeli Defence Forces since October 2023. Over 61,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks so far, including at least 54 in the last 24 hours, as per Al Jazeera.