thinking about how my dad fled his home country at 19 in the middle of a war and then after 9/11 came to my preschool to educate kids on middle eastern culture/food/clothing so they wouldn’t be scared of people in traditional/religious dress or worry when they heard someone speaking arabic
2002
this post has started blowing up. for those who have liked/reblogged this: i am asking you to please circulate and donate to palestinian gofundme’s/other resources for palestine. i’m glad people find this story heartwarming but i want people to be vigilant in not letting the palestinian genocide just fizzle out of the news cycle like it’s some “trend”. do not turn a blind eye to ethnic cleansing, it is very much real and happening right now. if you can afford to donate, please do so. but Everyone is capable of using their voice, whether it be online or in their communities through organizing/protesting. i do not wanna hear shit about “empathetic burnout” from those who have FAR more privilege than these people could probably ever dream of in their lifetime. do not let apathy take hold, palestine will be free 🇵🇸
If you want to help the people in Gaza, I have here a few gofundme campaigns here I’m focusing on. These are all gfm campaigns from palestinians I have regular contact with, and I would really appreciate if you can donate to them.
Mahmoud almost lost entire his family when the Talelhawa neighborhood was bombed. Several of his family were severely injured in the bombing, and a close relative named Alaa was killed, along with her children Ahmed and baby Iman who was not even one month old. Only his sister Tasnim and her 6-month-old daughter managed to evacuate after being seriously injured. Mahmoud is trying to raise funds to evacuate the rest of his family of 17 people, including several children, many of whom are also seriously injured and require medical care.
Ahmed is a 6-year-old child from a family of 8. He has 5 siblings: Fathi (23), Aya (21), Mohammed (19), Anas (15) and Abdullah (11). His father has diabetes, his brother Fathi (23) is blind, his other brother Abdullah (11) is autistic and does not understand what is happening, and his brother Mohammed (19) was injured in his leg by shrapnel from the bombing. Mohammed (19) is trying to raise funds to evacuate he and his family out of Gaza.
Ahmed is in Belgium but his family is still in Gaza. He is trying to evacuate his family of 12, including 6 adults and 6 children under 16 years old. They were at Al-Mawasi when those 2000 pound bombs were dropped on tents housing displaced families at Al-Mawasi, but luckily they survived.
Hazem is from Gaza but he moved to Belgium in 2018 for his studies. Since then, he has not been able to see his family in Northern Gaza. He is trying to raise funds to evacuate his 7 family members (his parents, and his 5 little siblings). Jabalia refugee camp, the place where his family is staying at, faces frequent bombings, and he has lost contact with them after bombings. He has raised his campaign goal since Gofundme takes a 4% cut and the transfer fee from Belgium to Palestine is an insanely high 35%.
See post here for other verified ways to send aid to Gaza.
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