[2][3] She is the founder of Connecting Humanity, a non-profit organisation that helps people in Gaza to regain access to the internet, using donated eSIMs.

[6] Israeli bombardment, electricity blockades and fuel shortages have caused the near-total collapse of Gaza's largest cell network providers.

[1][7] El Helbawi discovered that eSIMs could be used to reconnect people in Gaza by allowing them to connect to remote cell phone networks in Israel and Egypt.

[5] News of the initiative spread quickly through social media, and by December $1.3 million worth of eSIMs were donated to Connecting Humanity.

The book is being adapted to the big screen starring Menna Shalaby and Dhafer L'Abidine and directed by Mohamed Salama.