I WANT YOU IN THE GROUND

Eight people donated to my family

Remember the legal murkniness of paid fanfic so probably keep on down-low

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I just wanted to let you in on a little Eid Al-Fitr tradition that you may not have known about. Traditionally, before every Eid, parents buy their children new clothes. The purpose of Eid is to celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of the next, so it is very fitting (pun-intended) for part of this celebration to include new vestments.

My friend Mahmoud Qassas has four children - and as they've gone through the accelerated genocide in Ghazzah without being able to evacuate or start a new life in safety - they have nothing left. His children are asking him for new clothes for Eid, but he cannot afford them.

I know many of you have asked how you could help me with my financial and housing struggles. I would greatly appreciate it if you could instead help him afford to buy new clothes for his children, one of whom is a newborn.

Thank you to all who have helped Ghazzawiyeh survive these times, from the bottom of my heart.

alice's disability advocacy naturally led her to palestine solidarity as the quote from the blog post announcing 'crips for esims' illustrates:

We also recognize that everyone in Gaza is now disabled due to the massive number of deaths, new disabilities, life-threatening illnesses and destruction of medical facilities going on. Such destruction also debilitates the land, water, and air, which will impact Palestinians and all surrounding life for generations to come. We owe our kin in Palestine to throw sand on the gears of genocide with our every breath. [source: the disability visibility project]

since december 2023, crips for esims for gaza has raised well over $3.1M and bought and maintained over 5,000 esims, undoubtedly saving lives.

in the past few days there has been intense winter flooding in gaza. donate to honor alice wong's memory–to keep people connected, to give disabled people the tools to advocate for themselves, to refuse to let palestine be silenced.

6-year-old Souad has been anemic since birth, and starvation and disease due to the IOF assault have caused her severe additional health complications. In September she fell unconscious and was admitted to the hospital. She has since been comatose and fluid is building up around her brain.

Medical staff have worked very hard to reduce the swelling. But despite their efforts, Souad's brain is now hemorrhaging (bleeding). The swelling has been too persistent, and the pressure is rapidly bursting the cells of her brain, causing bleeding. This will kill her. Little Souad is dying.

She needs to be evacuated outside of Gaza, but this is extremely expensive. The cost for transport through the Egyptian border, medical care, and associated expenses comes to $6,000 usd, about €5,000 EUR. This is a devastating setback, but all we can do is push forward.

PLEASE HELP US #SaveSouad!!!

Please repost the GFM and tag #SaveSouad to spread the word!. SHE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT!!!

€4,033 out of €7,739 EUR (8 February)

Need to raise: about €3,706 EUR ($4,378 usd)

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