#Eman Alhaj Ali

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Some other Palestinian Fundraisers I want to share

These are Palestinian fundraisers my friend from my uni’s Palestine solidarity encampment asked me to share. Both are Gazan students and writers seeking evacuation funds. 

Eman Alhaj Ali

Eman is a 22-year-old English literature and translation student. She is a writer and has published her writing in different news outlets including Al Jazeera. She has 4 young siblings: Doaa (6), Abduallah (8), Yousef (11), and Ahmad (12). Eman seeks to evacuate herself and her family and to complete her education abroad.

You can find her on Instagram here: eman.alhajali. You can see all the writing she has done on her IG (she has even written for news media like Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and The New Arab!))

Currently $40,679 USD raised of $70,000 target.

Here is a link to the writing Eman has written for Al Jazeera:

Muhammed Elbaba

Muhammed has just finished high school and was planning to become a pediatrician. He has 4 siblings. He is a talented student who is very skilled in language and has even cooperated with international television stations. He has received special training in journalism and media because of this. He has now lost his home and his family members have been killed and injured. He is raising funds to 1) treat his brother who is injured and suffering from amenia, 2) evacuate out of Gaza, and 3) continue his dream of studying abroad.

You can find his Instagram here: mohmd_elbaba. You can see that he has had his account since 2020 and has been geotagged in Gaza in his 2022 posts.

Currently $14,619 USD raised of $35,000 target.

As far as I know, neither of them have a Tumblr account. I hope you will still share and donate if you can to both of them!

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(Dec. 9) via Electronic Intifada by Eman Alhaj Ali

Article title:

The wanton destruction of mosques and churches

Article text:

Since 7 October, Israel has attacked a series of historical and cultural marvels in the besieged Gaza Strop.

The targeting of our heritage indicates that Israel is intent on erasing it.

This week, the Great Mosque in Gaza City was subjected to an Israeli airstrike.

Also known as the al-Omari mosque, it is 1,400 years old.

It was a place of serenity. Now a large part of it is destroyed.

Once a hub for prayers and enlightenment, Its grandeur was woven into the fabric of our region.

One of the largest mosques in Palestine, it housed a library of documents and rare books within its walls. It was a vital repository of knowledge.

If you listen carefully outside it, you could hear tales of ancient wisdom being whispered on the breeze.

Nestled in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City, the mosque shared an embrace with the historic Souq al-Qaysariyya, Arabic for “Caesar’s market.”

One day earlier, Israel attacked the Othman Bin Qashqar mosque in the al-Zaytoun area of Gaza City, claiming lives and wreaking havoc on nearby homes.

Dating back to the thirteenth century, the Othman Bin Qashqar mosque was not merely a place of worship. It was a testament to Gaza’s rich history.

This horrific war has also seen the Sayid al-Hashim mosque damaged by Israel. It is believed to hold the tomb of Hashim bin Abd Manaf, the Prophet Mohammed’s great-grandfather.

Christian places of worship have not been spared, either.

The Church of Saint Porphyrius dates back to 425 and was later renovated in 1856. It, too, has been attacked by Israel over the past two months.

Numerous museums and cultural centers have been bombed in various parts of Gaza.

When these structures are damaged or destroyed, so is a piece of human history.

The cultural vandalism witnessed in Gaza underscores the urgency of safeguarding heritage. When will the world’s powerful governments and institutions stand against the obliteration of irreplaceable treasures?

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“My family has grown accustomed to the monotony of survival. We have been repeatedly displaced by Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza, which has continued for more than eight months.

The constant evacuations, cramped living conditions, and scarcity of basic necessities have taken a toll.

The passage of time seems to have become warped and distorted.

Our meals have gradually become smaller and less frequent.

It’s hard to watch my younger siblings grow without the food they need to be healthy.

Saturday 8 June began like any other day in the wearisome routine of this war. As my parents and I prepared food, my siblings, young and frightened, stayed close by our side.

Suddenly, the air was filled with the deafening sounds of gunfire, like a relentless downpour. We opened the window, trying to comprehend what was happening.

We’d had no reason to expect an invasion, as there had been no warning to evacuate the area.

But as we looked out the window, we saw tanks and artillery mere yards away.

This was the most terrifying moment of our lives, as we grasped the reality that we were surrounded and had no idea where to go next.

The chaos on the streets was heart-wrenching. We fled with nothing but the clothes on our backs and a bag of essential documents, leaving behind everything else we owned.

The sounds of gunfire and artillery filled the air, and the streets were a chaotic sea of people fleeing for their lives.

I saw a mother clutching her newborn, a man carrying his elderly mother, and a pregnant woman struggling to walk - all desperate to escape the danger.

Displaced for the sixth time in this war, my little sister cried: “I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die, mum.

We didn’t take the toys from home.” More than 270 people were killed in Israel’s horrific massacre at Nuseirat camp, with hundreds more injured.

I thank God that my family and I survived the simultaneous attack on Maghazi, where we have now returned - even if it is only to live through the next massacre.”

✍️ by Eman Alhaj Ali

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The War on Education—in Gaza and at Home

The Right is using Palestine to further its assault on higher ed and recruit centrists to its cause.

On January 17, after having first occupied it as a military base and interrogation center, the Israeli army employed scores of landmines to blow up Israa University, the last institution of higher learning then left standing in Gaza. While the terms ​“scholasticide,” ​“educide” and ​“epistemicide” have long been used to describe the assault on Palestinian intellectual life and infrastructure, they have become grimly literal as Israel’s war on Gaza effects what journalist Eman Alhaj Ali calls the erasure of Gaza’s education system. The logic of elimination undergirding Israel’s effort to make Gaza uninhabitable has included the demolition of academic buildings, the lethal targeting of its scholars and intellectuals — from the poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer to the rector of the Islamic University and scientist Sufyan Tayeh — as well as the slaughter of countless students. Genocide, to borrow from literary scholar and Al-Aqsa professor Haidar Eid, has gone hand-in-hand with sociocide and ideocide. Any discussion of the latest phase in the United States’ so-called ​“campus wars” must start from here, and not just to check the language we use to talk about conflict. Ever since the 1960s, intense fights over political speech, protest and curricula have periodically roiled U.S. universities. But the current war against Palestinian life and culture, which many young people correctly perceive as an Israeli-American war, has marked a new phase in these ideological and discursive conflicts, one whose violence has not just been metaphorical — recall the shooting of three Palestinian students near the University of Vermont in late November. Over the last four months, as Israel has ratcheted up its long-term attacks on Palestinian intellectual life, pro-Israel political actors in the United States have tied the silencing of Palestinian solidarity to ongoing campaigns against critical and progressive agendas in education. In so doing, they are also bringing together the political center and far Right in ways that trouble the narrative of a coming battle between a broad liberal front and a proto-fascist Trumpism.

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Currently $46,500 USD raised of $70,000 goal! Only 2 donations in more than 24 hours!

This is a Palestinian fundraiser my friend from my uni's Palestine solidarity encampment has asked me to share. They have been in regular contact with Eman and is trying to raise funds to help her and her family evacuate.

Eman is a 22-year-old English literature and translation student. She is a talented writer and has published her writing in different news outlets like Al Jazeera. She has 4 young siblings: Doaa (6), Abduallah (8), Yousef (11), and Ahmad (12). Eman seeks to evacuate herself and her family and to complete her education abroad.

Currently $45,872 USD raised of $70,000 goal!

You can follow Eman's Instagram here: eman.alhajali. You can see on her IG all the writing she has done (she has even written for news media like Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and The New Arab!)

These are some pieces Eman has written for Al Jazeera:

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This is a Palestinian fundraiser my friend from my uni's Palestine solidarity encampment has asked me to share. They have been in regular contact with Eman and is trying to raise funds to help her and her family evacuate.

Eman is a 22-year-old English literature and translation student. She is a talented writer and has published her writing in different news outlets like Al Jazeera. She has 4 young siblings: Doaa (6), Abduallah (8), Yousef (11), and Ahmad (12). Eman seeks to evacuate herself and her family and to complete her education abroad.

Currently $45,872 USD raised of $70,000 goal!

You can follow Eman's Instagram here: eman.alhajali. You can see on her IG all the writing she has done (she has even written for news media like Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and The New Arab!)

These are some pieces Eman has written for Al Jazeera: