She sensed in her heart that her end was near, so she sent a final farewell post to her loved ones early this morning. Dr. Salma Al-Zarqa, the most famous cancer fighter in Egypt, passed away on Monday morning after a long battle with the illness. Egypt woke up to the sad news when Walid Arafat, the president of Smouha Club in Alexandria, announced the death of his son's wife, Dr. Salma Al-Zarqa, who had been diagnosed with cancer six years ago and faced the disease with all her strength during this time, becoming a hero on social media.
Her journey began when bone cancer affected her six years ago, leading her to fight a fierce battle where she lost her right arm to amputation as the disease took hold. However, she never lost hope for recovery.
Setbacks, New Blood, and Defeat... Social media users followed her struggle and resistance against the disease through her tweets, as she relied on a prosthetic arm to manage her daily tasks and learned to write with her left hand in order to continue her pursuit of a doctoral degree. Her writings on her Facebook page instilled hope for cancer patients, love for life, and patience to overcome the illness, as she initiated several campaigns to donate to patients and cancer institutes.
A Heartbreaking Farewell Message It is noted that she suffered a health setback ten months ago, which led to a bone marrow transplant. At that time, she needed large amounts of blood to survive, but the tough disease penetrated every particle of the new marrow and managed to defeat her.
The sadness among her followers was compounded by her awareness of the approaching end, as she wrote her testimony in her last post along with "I love you" to her followers, delivering her farewell message before her departure.
