#Mohammed Sami

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Mohammed Sami (Iraqi, b. 1984), Infection II, 2021. Mixed media on linen, 210 x 180.5 cm

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Mohammed Sami (Iraqi, 1984), Electric Issues, 2022. Mixed media on linen, 224.5 x 155 cm.

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Mohammed Sami

​‘The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain’ at Pallant House Gallery, continuing until 20 October 2024

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The Fountain I (2021), by Mohammed Sami.

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Mohammed Sami Poor Folk, 2019 Acrylic on linen 88 5/8 x 113 1/4 in

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Mohammed Sami (B. 1984) During the Journey 2015. - Source Bonhams.

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​Mohammed Sami approaches art as an allegorical representation of the striking image of conflict and violence. His paintings explore belated memories triggered by common everyday objects from when he immigrated to Sweden from his native Iraq. (His Bio)

Sami Mohammed (1943-) The Penetration, 1989 (63 cm high)

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food. consumption. relations. home.

Mohammed Sami (b. 1984, Baghdad)

'Mohammed Sami’s poignant and evocative paintings are an exploration of memory, and its vulnerability to time. Absent of people, the settings and quotidian objects in his works are nevertheless permeated with the trace of human presence; while evidence of turmoil or trauma is never directly referenced, obscure and haunting narratives are conveyed.'

Refugee Camp, 2022

Although my paintings focus on relationships, and the consumption of the self and another person therein, the work of Mohammed Sami has proven a turning point in my work. Oftentimes, I'll revert to portraying people in a painting in order to get some message across to a viewer. I have learned that space and place carries as much, if not more, weight for a viewer.

The carpets, textiles, wallpapers, furnishings of a childhood home. The swing-sets and benches, the walls and fountains of the town, the mountains and forests that seemed like a holiday.

These are much stronger images than any one person we associate with a memory. Its more universal yet uniquely individual to each person. The patch of rust on the left hand corner of your swingset made it yours. The burnt spot on the carpet from the logs crackling on the fire and the coal spluttering sparks of light made it your carpet.

My Son's Clothes, 2018

'Sami mines personal experiences from his formative years in Iraq to ground his work, but by embracing ambiguity, he creates a sense of universal familiarity.' And that's something I'd like to come forward. As Robert Rauschenberg said, 'I want you to feel comfortable.' And sometimes there is comfort in nervousness and in nostalgia.

'Negotiating the past through painting, he harnesses the metaphorical potential of different mark-making techniques to interrupt a straightforward narrative reading. Blurred objects often appear as if they are coming apart or moving across the canvas itself, suggesting gaps or slippage of memory. Sami’s compositions unfurl as cryptic vignettes of fragmented scenes, excavated from the past'

Poor Folk, 2019

The Final Curtain, 2020

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Updates from the last hour

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Mohamed Samy

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Mohammed Sami (Iraqi, b. 1984), Meditation Room, 2022. Mixed media on linen, 280 x 230 cm

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Mohammed Sami (Iraqi, 1984), The Execution Room, 2022. Acrylic on linen, 259.5 x 349.5 cm.

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today's vetted fundraisers. i know i there are lots of these floating around, but please keep sharing and donating if you can, even if it's a small amount. if we disengage, we dash these families' hopes for a better future

july 7th:

Eyad Sami, his wife Amal Mahmoud, and their four children (CHF6,180/CHF20,000) - @eyadeyadsblog, verified by @/90-ghost

The AlBalawi family of ten, including several children (multiple are sick) and two chronically ill members who need treatment (€8,186/€50,000) - @aboooodsblog, @albalawii, @bisanalbalawi, verified by @/90-ghost

Mohammed Hijazi and his elderly parents, one of whom is severely injured and needs surgery to restore his ability to walk (€1,728/€20,000) - @savemohammedfamily, verified by @/90-ghost

Ashraf Alanqar, his wife Widad Issa, and their little son Bakr (€3,934/€30,000) - @ashrafanqer, verified by @/90-ghost

Yousef (a toddler who needs lifesaving treatment for a blood disease) and his parents (€2,117/€25,000) - @dima96yousef, verified by @/90-ghost

Youssef Hilles's wife and five children, including his young son whom he's never gotten to meet in person (€3,446/€23,000) - @zeinyousef, #206 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

Basel Ayyad and his family of eight, including his sick daughter who is losing her sight without treatment (CHF2,612/CHF60,000) - @basel-1995, #214 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet

Ramez Hilles and his family of ten, including several children (€853/€37,000) - @ramezderar, verified by @/90-ghost

Ghada Afifi (needs surgery for a heart condition) and her family ($1,720/$50,000) - @lifeasme24 on tiktok, verified by @/lieahsblog (reach out for more details)

Wafaa Alnhal's family of 15, including four children and a newborn (they've already lost multiple family members, including Wafaa's young niece) (€26,148/€50,000) - @wafs-posts, #171 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet

The Al Zaeem family of seven, including four children and their severely ill grandfather ($19,011 CAD/$50,000 CAD) - @yosofzaeem, @malkzaeem, verified by @/nabulsi

Widow Safaa Abubaker and her two little children (€868/€15,000) - @safaamo, verified by @/ibtisams

Ahmed Baalousha, his wife Islam, their three children (one a newborn, he suffers especially from malnutrition), and Ahmed's parents and sister (€14,769/€50,000) - @5735765, #234 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

Muhammad Al-Habil, his wife, their three young children, and Muhammad's chronically ill parents (€8,850/€50,000) - @mohammedfamily11, verified by @/el-shab-hussein

Helping Siraj Abudayeh, his wife, and their three children to rebuild their beloved home ($4,081 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @siraj2024, #219 on @/nabulsi and @/el-shab-hussein's spreadsheet

Evacuating Firas Muhaisen's family of six (including three children) and paying he and his sister's medical school fees (needed by next month) ($1,939 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @firasmuhaisenn, @nisreenameen, @hashem-fromgaza, verified by @/90-ghost

Nael Khalid and family (unknown amount) - @islamgazaaccount2, verified by @/90-ghost

Fiancés Noor and Alaa (both have lost multiple family members already) (€2,823/€25,000) - @nouralaagaza, verified by @/ibtisams

Helping Mahmoud Abu Hamam and his family rebuild their house and their lives ($790/$25,000) - @ma7moudgaza2, #149 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's spreadsheet

not yet vetted:

Amjad Al-Shaltawi's family of 11, including several children and his wife Suha, who's lost her whole family (€658/€97,000) - @amjadshiltawu

Helping Hamed and his family to rebuild their home and livelihood (€643/€70,000) - @hamedkara

any contribution you can make is infinitely valuable, regardless of the size of your following or the amount you can give. let's keep working together to support families like these suffering violence and displacement. your help can save lives.

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Aseel's family is regularly experience medical emergencies, so please share.

This fundraiser is vetted by association.

Omar Mazen Rabah Hammad (Muhammad's brother) is running a fundraiser that has been vetted by 90-ghost.

Omar has made a post asking for support and sharing images and video from Muhammad's Instagram:

I also found an earlier fundraiser being organized by Samy Hammad from Ixelles who is Muhammad's uncle. So, there are at least three fundraisers up for this family, one of which is vetted.

. Please wait and read my story till the end and share the blog🙏🏻😭🇵🇸

.Urgent call Help me save my father from death🙏🏻🍉💔😭

I am Aseel from Gaza🇵🇸

. Our house was completely destroyed and I now live in a tent with my three younger brothers and my father. My father has cancer and cannot walk. He also has multiple sclerosis (MS). My mother has been missing for 7 months. She may have been arrested or killed. No one knows. I am the breadwinner for my entire family and I play the role of a mother. My father is very tired and the doctors said he needs treatment outside Gaza. He also needs daily medication. Everything is expensive in Gaza. I hope you look at us with mercy and compassion. I hope you help us buy medication for my father and food for my brothers. I lost my mother and I cannot bear to lose my father. I am still young and I cannot live without my father. Please help us.😭🙏🏻🇵🇸💔

PayPal// rawan.s.r.rabee@gmail.com

https://gofund.me/d344acee

https://gofund.me/d344acee

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Palestinians are not "animals."

They are not "children of darkness."

Little kids are rescuing cats and trying to comfort them when they themselves are terrified.

A doctor broke down when his father and brother came into the trauma unit.

And several of his colleagues hugged and gathered to comfort him.

Journalists are playing with babies.

Doctors are refusing to evacuate hospitals because their patients can't and refuse to leave them.

There's a little boy who gives tea to the journalists and thanks them for spreading their stories.

He's displaced at the hospital, his home is gone.

A kid was asked what he wants to be when he grows up and he said kids in Gaza don't grow up.

Kids are writing their names on their arms so they can be identified.

Momin Kireka is a Palestinian journalist who was disabled by an Israeli attack in 2008.

And despite the difficulty in moving around, he vows to continue to show the world the truth.

Awni, a young Palestinian boy has a gaming YouTube channel he loved so much.

He was killed in the bombing.

Mohammed Sami was an artist who's dream was to open an art gallery.

He was playing with the kids to raise their spirits. And the next day he was killed.

They are victims.

They are going through unimaginable horrors and still find it in their hearts to be kind.

They have hopes and dreams just like you and I.

They are people.

And they deserve to be recognised and known as such.

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Vetted Palestinian Fundraisers list. December 2024 January 2025 Edition

Note: Check their blogs for vetted proof (all have been vetted by either nabulsi, el-shab-hussein, gaza-evacuation-funds, 90-ghost, gazavetters, The Butterfly Project, paliliberation, or multiple strong evidenced associations).

You can: give a bit to each one, or sponsor a specific family, or if can't decide which to donate to then 🎲 click our randomizer that will redirect you to a random fundraiser on this list. (the randomizer will "save" the fundraiser you got for 15 minutes, unless you clear cookies)

(Amount Progress listed as of December 14 and 15, 2024)

Shehab family Fundraiser: $4,127 CAD raised of $50K goal @reem-reem-0

Dr. Farhat's Family Fundraiser: $13,034 USD raised of $29.5K goal @husamfarht

Farah family Fundraiser: £8,163 raised of £10K goal @elegantkidpuppy

Rami Al-Ajrami & Lubna Alajrami Fundraiser for Nasser: £4,413 raised of £16K goal @rami-ajr91

Mahmoud Khalaf's family Fundraiser: €34,892 raised of €55K goal @supportgaza

Muhammad Al-Mashal Fundraiser: €50 raised of €20K goal @pleasantsublimeobservation

Ghazi Al Amoudi Fundraiser: €3,591 raised of €70K goal @ghazialamoudi

Huda Fundraiser: €3,340 raised of €5K goal @huda-gaza1

Hani Al-Sharif Family Fundraiser: $5,105 USD raised of $50K goal @haniibrahem

Ahmed Family Fundraiser: $4,391 USD raised of $75K goal @ahmad-gaza012

Imtithal Family Fundraiser: €7,897 raised of €50K goal @imtithalcrusadecreator

Ahmed Al-Habil family Fundraiser: €17,410 raised of €50K goal @ahmedomer9

Mohammed Ayyad Fundraiser: €7,699 raised of €35K goal @mohammedayyads-blog

Sami Fundraiser: €2,806 raised of €30K goal @sami999

Waleed family Fundraiser: €3,010 raised of €20K goal @waleed-ayman

Fatima Family Fundraiser: €4,172 raised of€75.4K goal @fatima2024-f

Sahar, Mohammed and Faisal's food and clean water in Central Gaza Project Fundraiser - NonProfit : $120 Raised of $200,000 (of Walaa's family) @babygentlemenmusic

Ahmad Fundraiser: $1,287 USD raised $30K goal @ahmad-gaza

Mohammad and Walaa Family Fundraiser: €2,110 raised of €30K goal @walaafamily31

Hussam Al-Qazzaz Family Fundraiser: €1,103 raised of €55K goal @hossamqazaz12

Mohamed Al-Khaldi and Wife Fundraiser: €4,661 raised of €20K goal

Ahmed Mohammed Al-anqar family Fundraiser: €6,596 raised of €30K goal @ahmedalanqer

Abdullah Mosbeh and Aya Family Fundraiser: €1,060 raised of €50K goal @ayah-yazan

Balousha Family Fundraiser: $69,283 USD raised of $90K goal @freepaleatine95

Ahmad Waleed's family and community of Khan Younis Fundraiser : $2,664 USD raised of $20K goal @ahmadwaleed5

Dia and Asma Family and little Amal Fundraiser: $9,525 USD raised of $30K goal @familygazaamal

Masa Halas Fundraiser: €878 raised of €45K goal @massagaza

Teenage Ibrahim Fundraiser: €30,704 raised of €50K goal @wolf-aid

Muhammad Al-Mashal Fundraiser: €50 raised of €20K goal @pleasantsublimeobservation

Ahmed Hammad Family Fundraiser: $8,748 USD raised of $20K goal @ahmadhammad1998

Hazem and pregnant wife Fundraiser: €415 raised of €30K goal @nadera00

Toddler Yousseff Al-Habeel Fundraiser: €38,527 raised of €50K goal @saveyousseffamily

Ghazi Alamoudi Fundraiser: €3,596 raised of €70K goal @alamoudi-ghazi

Mohammed and Ahmed Khalil Fundraiser: €17,711 raised of €50K target @ahmed0khalil

Ahmed Mohammed Salah Fundraiser: €115 raised of €22K target @ahmedsal-1qa

Ibtisam Al-Habil Fundraiser: $44,625 CAD raised of $70K target (post)

Rahaf Al-Ghandour and Mahmoud family Fundraiser: £350 raised of £100K target @kisirahaf @rahafmah

Mahmoud Ayyad and family Fundraiser: €10,072 raised of €55K target @mahmoudayyads

Ahmed Saed, Omar Saad, Samar Saed Fundraiser : 1% of $50k on ko-Fi @90-ghost

Belal family Fundraiser: $7,583 USD raised of $20K target @save-belal-family @belal-gaza

Hilda and Mohamed Ayad Fundraiser €6,422 raised of €50K target @hildanasr1

Nisreen Al Sirsik and family Fundraiser €210 raised of €25K goal @lovelycooltaco

Wasim's family fundraiser $3,300 USD raised of $20K goal @wasimhourani1

North and Central Gaza: Food, Water, Diapers + Milk, Medical Aid Non-profit £262,114 Raised of £500,000

Khawla's Family Fundraiser $46,395 USD raised of $80K goal @kawlafamily7

Abd AL Salam's Family Fundraiser: €60,167 raised of €100K goal (post)