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Once in my life doing flat colours first

Every day, my son Karim goes out in search of water, carrying what he can and returning exhausted, all so that our family can have water for drinking and daily use. Getting water has become a daily struggle, and we need $100 to buy a water tank that will help us store water when we find it and ease this heavy burden on Karim. Any contribution, no matter how small, or even just sharing this post, could make a real difference to our family. Thank you to everyone who stands with us.

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I'll add smth here cos I learned after posting this on IG that people still aren't entirely understanding how scary and dangerous this is. Ppl kept saying to me 'I can still buy your book in shops though' or 'Its okay, I'll order your book into my library!'

I dont give af about my book lol No one outside of Ace ppl ever read it, its yearly sales don't even cover a month of expenses for me.

The thing you should all be concerned about is that a totally benign unheard of book about someone's every day life is being banned. And those laws listed above are passing through US government right now. One of those laws would make it so that any teacher/librarian in the US could lose their job/go to prison for simply sharing 'ideology'- and I don't mean only lgbtq folk, these laws are attacking black history, civil rights history, disability rep in books. Just talking about these things will now legally be considered a 'dangerous ideology'.

And once that's set into law, the US government has backing via law to go ahead and say 'if these books aren't legally allowed in schools, then they shouldn't be allowed in shops, either.' And from there it sets up a great argument for 'The dangerous content in these books is lawfully being removed from public, shouldn't we be lawfully removing the people living out/promoting this ideology too?'

I can see why ppl don't fully understand how dangerous book bannings are, if they're not familiar with the history of fascism. If you're interested, there are plenty of graphic novels that share this history via first hand accounts- Maus, Persepolis, Banned Book Club.

But guess what? You're on limited time to get these via libraries...cos all three of these books are on banned lists too, and they got nothing to do with lgbtq rep, and everything to do with warning ppl about fascism.

And the US government knows it can get away with this, because they are passing these laws as we speak and barely anyone is doing anything about it or talking about it. I've been trying to talk about it for years and no one does anything except say to me 'don't worry, I'll buy your book!' or say its a badge of honour that I have a banned book.

My greatest hope is to receive treatment outside Gaza and have a chance at a better future.🙏💔

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When I see my wife suffering, in pain, and crying, my heart breaks with sorrow, and I can do nothing for her. My eyes never stop crying because I am powerless to help her or provide her with treatment. No one here is helping me. I desperately need your help; please stand by me and don't leave me alone.

I don't want to lose my wife; she means so much to me. We have a young child, not yet two years old. What did my child do to deserve to live without a mother? He cries constantly; he needs his mother's embrace and warmth. Please don't deprive a young child of his mother's love at this age.

I write these words to you with a heart filled with sorrow and pain. I write these words while crying; my tears won't stop. We are going through a tragic situation and extremely difficult circumstances. Please don't turn me away disappointed. I need your help to provide treatment quickly before it's too late.

We urgently need 650 euros to provide treatment as quickly as possible to secure medication and medical supplies for my wife, baby formula, and diapers for my young child.

Please don't leave me alone in this cruel world. I beg you, the lives of my wife and child are in your hands. Please don't hesitate to give us even a small donation that could save an innocent life. Please help us.

It pains me to ask for help from people, but I have no other choice due to the tragic circumstances we are experiencing in the Gaza Strip.

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