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Save our life !!❤️🥹

Hello again, I am Aseel from Gaza, I live in war, fear and destruction, we have been living for almost a year now but we do not know how long, we have been displaced from our home more than 11 times,

every time I was displaced to another place I prayed that this would be the last, but then came the idea of ​​​​forced exit to search for safety where there is no safety, we got very tired and our bodies were exhausted, we no longer had the energy to continue, we lived hunger, thirst, cold and all the difficult conditions that humans cannot imagine,

we did not imagine that a day would come when we would live all of this, I lost my family and my childhood home, even my friends are no longer there, I was left alone!! I am looking for salvation from death, I fear death and I dread it, the idea is terrifying to leave your dreams, ambitions and the life you planned for and go from this world, we do not deny death but we do not want to live it now,

I had a beautiful life, suddenly I do not know how I lost my life, we live in a tent that can only accommodate 3 people, made of nylon that no human can bear, just standing in it for more than two minutes during the day is enough to melt you, in addition to insects, diseases and lack of privacy, imagine all this!! Can you live??

In addition, my father had a stroke due to the loss, and my mother also needs care due to chronic diseases and the lack of treatment, and her condition is getting worse. I am the only one who takes care of them. I really fear loss and I do not want to lose, as I lost a large part of my family, my home, my work, and my entire previous life.

Things here are more difficult than you imagined, reality is painful

We wake up every day to the smell of death, I have been surrounded by tanks and helicopters more than 4 times, each time I do not know how to survive? It seems that my death has not come yet

I do not want to die!! 🥺

Please help me save my life and get out of here, life is impossible

Your donation will save my life, it is the only way, hand in hand we can achieve the goal please

[kiirodora]

Anas has gastric cancer.

Anas (@dr-anas96) is severely suicidal and is dying on the inside in every sense of the word. Mentally he feels his life is over, and physically he's barely moving anymore, only occasionally coming to consciousness and vomiting blood.

I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart not to let my friend die. This entire time, during this genocide he's living through, he's been:

Supporting his elderly parents find shelter through the collapse of their tent.

Supporting the children of Gaza by cheering them up through drawing and acting and other activities, as well as teaching them survival skills.

Corresponding and reinforcing solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, and the Black community.

Being an invaluable friend to many, including me.

Now, with some reprieve for Gazans seemingly so close, he is dying. I don't use this word lightly because I don't want to believe my dear friend is dying. I am only saying it because I have no escape from believing it

But I still have hope that we can carry him through this so he can see the end of this difficult road. I am not giving up on him and I'm begging, begging, begging, begging you all not to give up either. We're so close.

His blog || His GFM || Vetting Link

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lately i've seen a few drawings/designs of a Black girl with afro puffs but the puffs are old film wheels, and it gave me the idea of a girl with braids but the braids are film rolls

and an old oc concept i had when i was younger, was a Black girl who had a lot of magic and space themes. her "hair" was like, a long afro (idr the exact style, i don't have any drawings of her and it's been several years) but a nebula or cloud of space dust. and i imagined if she put it in a different style that used beads or hair ties, the beads/ties could resemble comets, planets or meteors

i wanted to know your thoughts on these? i like experimenting with visual design and coming up with creative ways to depict Black hairstyles, and i want to do it the best i can with respect toward Black audience ^_^ i remember seeing your rose bouquet afro idea and thought it was really cool, it inspired me a lot (side note, i remember seeing it and also thinking of flowerbud bantu knots, but idr if it was something i thought or a post someone else made during the discussion that also stuck with me)

have been and will be rereading lessons and posts for things to keep in mind with my design concepts

Sounds cute to me 👍🏾 can't wait to see what you come up with!

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“fuzzyeffigylabyrinth1” is one of those accounts making scam warnings for gfm blogs and also mass tagging accounts to spread the warnings. They are not a real scam buster and are just another account calling everything a scam. Made the mistake of trying to ‘warn’ the local scam buster via tagging my…Mutual aid blog. Not even my scam busting account. Also I don’t think they WANT el-shab-Hussein to see their nonsense lol

Do not trust their warnings if you get tagged. Real scam busters do not call every gfm a scam. Also there’s more to examining scams than reverse image searching. It’s called research. Block and move on.

[kiirodora]

Went down a rabbit hole earlier after looking at the Wyll post regarding Black representation in the Forgotten Realms setting and I'm lowkey pissed off now? Like, from all the research I've been able to do, in terms of ethnic groups in the Realms that are coded as Black we only have the Turami and the Chultans (which are divided into two sun ethnic groups, the Eshowe and the Thinguth, one of which is extinct... 😥) who seem 100% unambiguous about it, and like only three regions that seem directly inspired by Africa (one of which is the Mysterious Dinosaur Continent, for some reason.) Which is ludicrous because Africa is like. Big and also diverse. Meanwhile on the Asian inspired continent we have TWO JAPANS and TWO CHINAS (each representing a different time period) in addition to Tibet, Mongolia, Korea, and a country that's supposed to be all of Southeast Asia at once (which is also weird btw...) Which like would be cool and fine because yeah fun whatever if they hadn't been so fucking lazy when it came to making their Africa inspired continent (which has soooo little lore btw!) And then on top of that we have only like? One? Main character in a novel who is unambiguously supposed to be Black and he's written really questionably (At least in my opinion. I'm not Black but I think it's like really weird how he starts out horrible and needs to be redeemed by a magic holt white child.) Wotc please hire Black writers for Realms lore.

I'm glad you're taking the time to critically assess your own media!

[kiirodora]

If you are from Gaza and your GoFundMe has been terminated, please look into starting a new campaign on Chuffed

Can someone reblog this in arabic for me so word goes around?

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If you are from Gaza and your GoFundMe has been terminated, please look into starting a new campaign on Chuffed

Can someone reblog this in arabic for me so word goes around?

[kiirodora]

If you are from Gaza and your GoFundMe has been terminated, please look into starting a new campaign on Chuffed

Can someone reblog this in arabic for me so word goes around?

[kiirodora]

Genocide and occupation target all aspects of life, in addition to destroying life itself. The state of education and employment in Gaza is dire, with schools and universities being targeted for shelling, and internet connectivity very hard to come by.

Isnad (Arabic for "support" or "help") is an initiative that is providing 30 students (15 men and 15 women) with a place to study. The organiser, Mamoud (@ma7moudgaza2) has gotten reinforced cables installed to improve Wifi connectivity in the building.

This is an extremely important service for these students, especially as we're in the middle of finals season. These students need your help in order to be able to graduate, earn an income, and begin rebuilding their lives.

Isnad is soon expected to pay May's rent, and we are far short of our goal. The Chuffed campaign needs to reach $5,000 by April 30th!

$726 / $2,000 by April 30

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He's a synthetizer I forgot the name of or when I found him in the first place, I just found him back in my files and I am mesmerized

Asterian!

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Hey guys! Mahmoud Qassas needs some help urgently for his wife's treatment for lung cancer. She has been transported to Egypt for urgent medical treatment and needs some funds for it. Please don't hesitate to help.

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KASHMIR MASTERLIST

Background

History of Kashmir from 250 BC to 1947 [to understand Kashmir's multi religious history and how we got to 1947]

Broad timeline of events from 1947 to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution in 2019 (BBC) [yes, BBC. hang on just this once]

Human Rights Watch report based on a visit to Indian controlled Kashmir in 1998 [has a summary, background, human rights abuses and recommendations]

Another concise summary of the issue

Sites to check out

Kashmir Action - news and readings

The Kashmiriyat - independent news site about ongoings in Kashmir

FreePressKashmir - same thing as previous

Kashmir Law and Justice Project - analysis of international law as it applies to Kashmir

Stand with Kashmir - awareness, run by diaspora Kashmiris [both Pandit and Muslim]

These two for more readings and resources on Kashmir: note that the petitions and donation links are from 2019 and also have explainers on the background (x) (x)

To read

Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora? - about women in the Kashmiri resistance movement and the 1991 mass rape of Kashmiri women in the twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora by Indian armed forces

Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir - a compliation of writings about the lives of Kashmiris under Indian domination [available on libgen]

Colonizing Kashmir: State Building under Indian Occupation - how Kashmir was made "integral" to the Indian state and examines state-building policies [excerpt]

Resisting Occupation in Kashmir - about the social and legal dimensions of India's occupation [available on libgen]

Of Occupation and Resistance - another collation of stories of Kashmiris living under state repression

On India's scapegoating of Kashmiri Pandits, both by Kashmiri Pandits (x) (x)

Of Gardens and Graves - translations of Kashmiri poems

Social media

kashiirkoor

museumofkashmir

kashmirpopart

posh_baahar

readingkashmir

standwithkashmir and their backup account standwithkashmir2 [their main account is banned in India. I wonder why!]

kashmirlawjustice

kashmirawareness

kashmirarchive

jammugenocide [awareness about the 1947 genocide abetted by Maharaja Hari Singh and the RSS]

To watch

Jashn-e-Azadi: How We Celebrate Freedom parts 1 and 2 - a documentary about the Kashmiri freedom struggle [filmed by a Kashmiri Pandit]

Paradise Lost - BBC documentary about how India and Pakistan's dispute over the valley has affected the people

Kashmir - Valley of Tears - the exhaustion with the conflict in the post nineties

In the Shade of Fallen Chinar - art as a form of Kashmiri resistance

Human rights abuses (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)

Land theft and dispossession (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x)

A note: The list of readings is not exhaustive. It is only an introduction to the history of the occupation. I know annoying "Desis" are going to see this and bitch and moan about how Kashmir is actually integral to their country out of a sense of colonial entitlement. Kashmir belongs to Kashmiris, the natives, no matter what religion they belong to. Neither Pakistan nor India get to decide the matter of Kashmiri sovereignty. The reasons given by both parties as to why Kashmir should be a part of either nation are bullshit. The United Nations itself recognises Kashmir as a disputed region, so I will entertain neither dumbfuckery nor whataboutism. I highly encourage fellow Indians especially to take the time to go through and properly understand the violence the state enacts on Kashmiris. I've also included links to learn more about Kashmiri culture because really, what do the rest of us know about it? Culturally & linguistically Kashmir differs so much from the rest of India and Pakistan (also the way Kashmiri women are fetishised... yikes). It's not just a bilateral issue between the two nations over land, it actually affects the people of Kashmir

[kiirodora]

the last year and a half have proven to be very difficult for those in gaza. people have lost their lives, families have been torn apart, homes have been burnt to the ground, and lives of hundreds of thousands have been disrupted and endangered.

im a student and i find it terrifying to imagine what others my age are doing in gaza. how does one study under the sounds of bombing knowing that their university is now rubble?

it's inspiring to see students try their best to study in these conditions. it's also upsetting that they're being forced to study like this.

if you could do one thing today, donate to the isnad campaign. it supports 30 students who are trying to not let the genocide disrupt their studies. your donation helps them continue their education and gives them hope that people from around the world are standing in support with them. this fundraiser is verified.

please donate here

[kiirodora]

Hello, there is something important that we should take care of together.

Isnad Company

After deep thinking and great effort in light of the genocide, we are a youth team, me and my friend Mahmoud, decided to make a non-profit collective company that aims to :

Bringing young people with high efficiency in software development and maintaining the remaining experience and training them for free📱 🧑‍💻

Bringing young men and girls with the best in design and editing, training them and providing electricity for training for free as well 👩‍💻🧑‍💻

Providing good Internet for a solution for exams for the benefit of students who could not provide good Internet since any place where you will use the Internet will need a very high cost 💶

Stationery and books are provided to students who are unable to buy these things. 📚

For that :

We need to save money to complete the project we started a month ago 💰

Esnad depends on your donations to complete what we started, so we need to reach $10,000 as soon as possible. The Esnad campaign got $3,700. They went for rent and arrangements. Any upcoming donations will be in front of you on Esnad's private page on Instagram.

Company's private donation campaign (isnad)

Note that if the new month begins and we have not collected the amount we will pay to rent the place, at least we will leave everything we started because the lack of money and the amount is very small, which is $2000, including office rent, electricity and water.

[kiirodora]

Genocide and occupation target all aspects of life, in addition to destroying life itself. The state of education and employment in Gaza is dire, with schools and universities being targeted for shelling, and internet connectivity very hard to come by.

Isnad (Arabic for "support" or "help") is an initiative that is providing 30 students (15 men and 15 women) with a place to study. The organiser, Mamoud (@ma7moudgaza2) has gotten reinforced cables installed to improve Wifi connectivity in the building.

This is an extremely important service for these students, especially as we're in the middle of finals season. These students need your help in order to be able to graduate, earn an income, and begin rebuilding their lives.

Isnad is soon expected to pay May's rent, and we are far short of our goal. The Chuffed campaign needs to reach $5,000 by April 30th!

$726 / $2,000 by April 30

[kiirodora]

Isnad needs to cover next month's rent

Thanks to your generosity, this April, Isnad @isnadfoundation has taken in 30 Gazan students and provided them with daily internet access, power supply, and stationery in order for them to be able to pursue their degrees remotely.

With the occupation attempting to destroy the futures of this generation of Palestinians, it is essential that we support these university students in continuing their studies, especially now during finals season!

We've made an excellent effort this past month. Let's not stop now! We need to cover next month's rent as well, in four days.

$600/$2000 covered. Time sensitive.

Vetting links: 1, 2

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Please help Ahmed's family rebuild

Ahmed @ahmednaser900z and his family returned to see their home destroyed. Apart from the physical shelter, they felt like they also said goodbye to the memories they had in their home. He sent me a few photos to show their situation. I decided to make a separate post with the updates he gave me in the hopes that it may reach more people.

Ahmed is also currently constructing a temporary shelter for his family. The structure is not the best but he has to make do. Please support this family's campaign so they can rebuild.

This is a family of around 20 members. Apart from rebuilding their shelter and homes, they need our support for their daily needs and for the treatment of several sick and injured members. Two of those injured are children. Another child has cleft palate and ideally would have undergone surgery by now. Ahmed's twin brother was also taken hostage by the IOF and released in September. [More details in this post.]

Their campaign is progressing very slowly, with only €3,692 raised out of the €100K goal. Most recent addition came from 19 hours ago. They received only 3 donations in the past week.

GFM here

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