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Please don’t let them send my sisters back to Gaza, simply because we can’t afford a piece of paper.

Hello everyone, As some of you may know, my name is Amal. I’m an architect from Gaza, currently living in Berlin. I came here before the war on a work contract, but I was fired as soon as the war started because of my Palestinian identity.

With a heavy heart, I launched this fundraiser to help my family. Thanks to your generous donations, I was able to evacuate them from certain death in Gaza to Egypt. But they fled with nothing — no home, no income, no future. And for those who remember, I was also scammed out of $20,000 during my desperate attempts to save them.

After I got my family to safety, I felt I had already asked for too much. So I stopped posting for 9 months. I didn’t want to burden anyone. I tried to carry everything on my own, working 3 exhausting jobs, barely sleeping. But now, I’m drained. I took on three jobs in Berlin and kept going, hoping I could carry this weight alone. But the truth is: I can’t anymore.

I’m supporting five people on my own. I don’t sleep. I’m drained — physically, emotionally, financially. Rent in both Berlin and Cairo is crushing me. I cover every single expense for my family — food, shelter, medicine — and still, it’s not enough.

Every step a Palestinian takes in Egypt costs a fortune.

Now I’m being asked to send my sister out of Egypt just so she can come back and reapply for residency, meaning I need to buy her plane tickets. They also asked us to pay $2,500 just to activate her student residency. On top of that, $3,000 is required for her next semester.

My other sister, Abeer, has just graduated from medical school after 7 years of studying in Egypt, but she’s not allowed to receive her diploma unless we pay $9,000 in overdue fees from the past 3 years. We couldn’t afford the last 3 years because of the war.

I’ve attached proof of this payment demand.

I honestly talk to myself in the street out of exhaustion. I’ve been quiet because I felt guilty asking for more. But I can’t do this anymore. I’m just one person trying to carry a mountain.

Please help me. Please share my story. I am just a human. I am breaking.

Please don’t let them send my sisters back to Gaza, simply because we can’t afford a piece of paper.

Here is the GoFundMe link Any donation or share could save their future. Thank you for reading.

This campaign is vetted, listed under Line 24 -Amal Abushammala's family- in the Vetted Gaza Fundraiser List.

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the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

the mean 15 year old girl who lives inside my brain: