Fez – Rayan’s rescue operation received a torrent of expressions of support and solidarity from Moroccan and international celebrities.
The rescue operation has been ongoing for more than three days. More and more athletes, artists, and embassies in Morocco and around the world have expressed solidarity with the 5 year old child, hoping that he will be saved from the deep hole.
On social media celebrities expressed their great sympathy with his family, praying to God to bring him out of the pit and return him safely to his mother.
Moroccan football star Achraf Hakimi was one of the first to share a post with the hashtag “#Rayan.” Other players like Youssef En-Nssyri, Roman Sais, Salim Amallah, Nayef Aguerd, and Zakaria Aboukhlal also shared sympathic posts and messages.
Algerian national team star and captain Riyad Mahrez expressed his hope in two posts on Instagram and Facebook that Rayan would be saved. “Stay strong, Rayan,” Mahrez wrote on his account on Twitter.
The former Algerian international striker Andy Delort similarly expressed his feelings of sympathy and support. He wrote on his Twitter account “courage and strength for the rescuers who are struggling day and night to save Rayan.” He extended his solidarity to Rayan’s family, conveying his “deep thinking about his family and relatives.”
Du courage et de la force pour les sauveteurs qui se démènent jour et nuit pour sauver Rayan.
Une énorme pensée pour sa famille et ses proches. pic.twitter.com/aanGdo9nHg— Andy Delort (@AndyDelort9) February 3, 2022
Artists also expressed solidarity with little Rayan, with the Moroccan actor and directo Rachid El-Wali posting on his official Instagram page: “the next stage is very difficult in order to get the child out safely. Pray for him to come out safe.”
Actress Donia Butazout extended sympathy describing her state as a mother who is concerned over her child, saying she never stayed awake until a late time at night except with her son. She prayed to God to “save him for his mother.”
Mouna Fettou posted an Instagram story with little Rayan’s picture inside the well, writing “There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers,” which is the prayer of the Prophet Yunus in the whale’s belly.
Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred posted on Instagram to express his great solidarity, saying “we have nothing but prayers, for God promised us that he would respond to those who called on him.”
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Singer Latifa Raafat expressed her solidarity with the family of the child, and wrote: “My beloved son Rayan, we hope to hear good news before completing my fast for the first day of the month of Rajab.”
Asma Lamnawar, a Moroccan singer, tweeted on her official account, “thanking the Arab and Islamic people and all humanity for their solidarity with Morocco in the painful event of little Rayan.” She asked people to “pray for the little child in this painful moment.”
The rescue operation also attracted sympathetic reactions from actors and singers in the Arab world. Emirati journalist Ali Khalifa tweeted in his account on Twitter, writing “Oh God, give us relief as soon as possible.”
The Egyptian artist Abla Kamel posted on her Facebook page pictures of little Rayan, saying: “Prayers change fate…Oh God, save Rayan as you saved Yunus from the belly of the whale…”
Hanan Al-Turk, a retired Egyptian artist, posted on her Facebook account post saying: “Oh God, send him to his family safe and sound.”
Besides celebrities, embassies extended sympathy with little Rayan. The US Embassy in Morocco posted on its official Facebook account prayers wishing for the safe return of Rayan, his family, and workers.
The British Embassy in Morocco expressed wishes for the five year old to return safely to his family.
قلوبنا مع الصغير ريان. نتمنى أن يعود سالما لأهله. ?
Our hearts are with Rayan, his family and those trying to rescue him. May he be returned to safety soon.#rayan #morocco #SaveRayan pic.twitter.com/iX7NV1SGE5
— UK in Morocco (@UKinMorocco) February 3, 2022
France’s Ambassador to Morocco, Helene Le Gal shared on her Twitter account the hashtag #أنقذوا_ريان, which France’s embassy retweeted on its official account.
— Hélène Le Gal (@HeleneLeGal) February 3, 2022
