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Brika, 2017

By Yumna Al-Arashi

“I have the stars and the moon on my cheeks,” Brika told Al-Arashi in Siliana, Tunisia. “They’re the most beautiful things my eyes have seen. I don’t know how to read or write and I don’t have any devices like you, but I know my land and my earth, the stars and moon help me navigate it. That’s why I’m here.”

From the fundraising webpage:

This fundraiser is to help our dear friend Mohammed Abu Matar to rebuild Tashkeel3D; a key manufacturer of 3D-printed medical equipment in Gaza that was destroyed by Israeli Occupation Forces during this week’s attack on Gaza. Tashkeel3D is where Gaza’s first 3D printer was built, where medical devices have been manufactured for years and led the opensource culture was in Gaza. Tashkeel3D is the original Gaza affiliate of the Canada-based Glia Project, an organization founded by ER doctor Tarek Loubani which works with regional partners to develop and produce low-cost and open-source 3D-printed medical equipment. Among other tools, Tashkeel3D has developed 3D-printed tourniquets: compression devices used to limit bleeding. They were threatened with bombing previously by the Israeli Occupation Forces. While no specific reason was given, they were producing tourniquets to support Gaza’s medical system at the time, which was likely what brought them to attention.

The destruction severely hampers efforts to produce 3D printed tourniquets. Tashkeel3D’s offices effectively represent half of Gaza’s 3D printing capacity. All proceeds will go to Mohammed to help him rebuild Tashkeel3D. We ask that you please donate any amount that you possibly can and that you share this link with your network.

According to the UN, Israel’s blockade has already rendered 97% of Gaza’s water unfit for human consumption for more than 2 million people living in an open-prison that they legally can’t leave.

This is so fucked. The article goes on to try to make it a two sided conflict as much as possible -- people on both sides destroying each other's property, etc.

But Israel has killed 139 people in its strikes, according to this. Hamas has killed 8.

Seen in Morocco by @kniiizf