SHAH ALAM - Did you know that the globally renowned 'All Eyes on Rafah' AI-generated image was created by a Malaysian known online as Zila AbKa from Kota Kinabalu?
Zila uploaded the image to the Prompters Malaya Facebook Group on 14 February, and it quickly went viral.
"Allah tests his servants, whether they are truly in hardship or merely witnessing the hardship of others.
"We are not able to wield swords against the enemies of Islam, so what is the smallest jihad we can do? Reflect deeply and ask for your faith.
"May whatever jihad we undertake for our brothers and sisters in Palestine become a reason for us to gather together in Allah's paradise one day... Insha-Allah. We will not stop speaking about them," her post read.
The AI-generated image bearing the words "All Eyes on Rafah" depicts densely packed rows of tents stretching endlessly across a desert landscape overshadowed by mountains, alluding to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled there during Israel's military campaign against Hamas.
The image has rapidly gained traction online, being shared by over 44 million Instagram accounts since it was first posted.
Chilean-US actor Pedro Pascal, top models Bella and Gigi Hadid, who are of Palestinian descent, and French football star Ousmane Dembele are among the celebrities to have shared it on Instagram.
The slogan "All Eyes on Rafah" has also been widely shared in other publications and social networks, especially X, where the hashtag #alleyesonrafah has attracted almost one million hits, according to online monitor Visibrain.
The platform, formerly Twitter, has also seen 27.5 million messages published in three days about the attack on the southern Gazan city bordering Egypt that generated international outrage.