#Ziad Ahmed

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Published: Apr 4, 2017

News that a high school student wrote nothing but #BlackLivesMatter on his personal statement in an application to California's Stanford University - and got in - has been raising some eyebrows.

Stanford University was ranked third in the world by Times Higher Education last year, and only admitted about 1 in 20 of the students who applied for an undergraduate place.

Ziad Ahmed, a high school student in New Jersey, proudly tweeted his news, external and received a range of reactions in response. There were congratulations aplenty of course - "forever in love with your audacity", laughed one user.

But several were also surprised by the news. One detractor accused him of "virtue signalling". Another remarked "a real [Black Lives Matter] ally would've wrote something poignant instead of this ... attempt to look progressive".

[ Ziad Ahmed describes himself as an activist ]

Admirers pointed out that Mr Ahmed had plenty to offer on top of his activist statement though. "Have you seen his profile? With a resume like that nothing could derail him," said one, external.

In a profile of Mr Ahmed, Mic website, external notes that he has founded his own teenage marketing consulting firm, as well as an organisation to promote tolerance. He worked for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and had also been invited to the White House under Barack Obama's administration.

Stanford won't be the only thing he's thinking about though. Mr Ahmed has also been accepted to Yale and Princeton universities and he has until May to decide which one to choose.

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Some people think accusations that higher education has been ideologically compromised are overwrought or histrionic.

Then there's this.

Just remember that someone spent an hour or more writing an actual essay about something meaningful to them. And he took their spot away becasue the retards at Stanford said, "nope, this fuckwit who hit 'Paste' 99 times and was done in sixty seconds sure is Stanford material." Maybe the student who missed out dodged a bullet.

It's a religious mantra, and no different than being accepted to Stanford for writing "I AM COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST" or "ASH-HADU ALLA ILAHA ILLA-ALLAH WA ASH-HADU ANNA MUHAMMADAN RASUL-ALLAH” (“I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”) a hundred times.

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[periwinklecosma]

list of palestinian fundraisers (part 3)

(part 1) (part 2) (part 4) (part 5)

here's the next batch of fundraisers from people that have reached out to me! there are a good deal of fundraisers here that are low on funds so please consider prioritizing them. at the very minimum, please share this post and consider donating if you are able.

disclaimer: i do not vet fundraisers, nor am i in extensive contact with any of the people below. these are just people that reached out to me via my asks and messages, and i am only going off of information that has been provided to me through posts made by them and other people spotlighting them.

Rasha Ibrahim (@rasha-ibrahim) - €2,349/€35,000 (6.71%) // vetted by @/90-ghost (here) and @/northgazaupdates (here) // LOW ON FUNDS

Ahmad Ashour (@ahmad2203) - €40/€30,000 (0.13%) // not vetted yet but appears legitimate (a reverse image search of one of his photos led me to this Instagram account) // EXTREMELY LOW ON FUNDS

Osama Thaer (@osamafamily2024-support) - €790/€50,000 (1.58%) // not vetted yet but appears legitimate (has been vouched for by @/aya2mohammed, an actual vetted fundraiser) // EXTREMELY LOW ON FUNDS

Abd Alhadi Aburas (@abdalhadiaburas) - $2,998 CAD/$65,000 (4.61%) // not vetted yet but appears legitimate (@/sneakerdoodle managed to connect Abd's fundraiser to an Instagram account that dates back as far as 2014) // EXTREMELY LOW ON FUNDS

Youssef Helles (@4-zien-yousef) - €13,889/€23,000 (60.39%) // vetted by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi (#206 on this spreadsheet)

Abeer Ibrahim (@abeeribrahim2006) - $13,615 CAD/$70,000 (19.45%) // vetted by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi (#157 on this spreadsheet), @/90-ghost (here), and @/northgazaupdates (here) Note: Please be warned that there is a photo of a martyr victim in the description of the GFM.

Walid Al-Qatrawi (Paypal and Ko-fi) (@waled-family) // vetted by @/90-ghost (here) Note: Walid's GFM (here) has been disabled and thus can no longer accept further donations there.

Karam Al-Nabih (@karamrafeek) - €13,010/€20,000 (65.05%) // vetted by @/90-ghost (here), @/nabulsi (here), and @/northgazaupdates (here) Note: Karam's mother is chronically ill, and her condition is worsening the longer she stays in Gaza.

Ahmed Ziad (@ahmed-ziad) - £9,309/£30,000 (31.03%) // vetted by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi (#99 on this spreadsheet) and @/90-ghost (here)

Eslam Balousha (@aslambalousha) - €20,233/€52,000 (38.91%) // vetted by @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi (#124 on this spreadsheet)

[mangocheesecakes]

Hello

My name is Ahmed I'm from Gaza, i am engineer I created this link in order to save my elder parents and my brothers and sisters from the cruel horrors of war and take them to a safe place.

Our house and all our shops were completely destroyed, and we were displaced to an unlivable area in Rafah, and then we were displaced to a tent inside which we felt as if we were in a hot oven.

We suffer in our lives inside the tent. There is no water, electricity, or food, not even enough flour to make bread.

My father and mother's health condition is getting worse day by day due to the lack of food, medicine, and health care

I created this campaign so that I could travel to a safe place, as the cost of travel per person reaches $5,000.

My family and I will be very grateful for your help

https://gofund.me/815dac1e

Hello, Ahmed. I'm so very sorry for not being able to answer your ask for so long. I hope you and your parents are alright.

User @/nabulsi has vetted Ahmed's fundraiser here. Please do not hesitate to donate and keep sharing his posts and link.

Please consider putting together even just the equivalent of £5 in your currency and send it Ahmed's way. Encourage your friends and family to give some as well.

His fundraiser is only at £125 (!!) / £30,000 as of this post.

[pollackpatrol]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔 I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔 Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏 https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

Of course my friend. For my followers, here is a direct link to Ahmed's GoFundMe.

He and his family currently only have £3,551 raised of their £30,000 goal--just a tenth! Any amount of donating would be huge, but if you can't donate, please share.

[fishfingersandscarves]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔 I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔 Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏 https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

vetted campaign!

[crybaby-writings]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔 I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔 Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏 https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

I'm so sorry it took me so long to respond, I haven't been feeling well in the last few days so I haven't been online much, but I'll do better at responding faster.

Hello everyone! This is Ahmed, a man from Gaza who is raising money to help himself, his mother, and his brothers escape from Gaza. They need urgent help as both the conditions and situations they are forced to live in worsen.

You can find their GoFundMe Here, they do not have a pinned post but instead, they tell their story through multiple different posts containing different topics which I urge you to check out because once again, the best context we can truly get on this comes directly from the Palestinian families who are affected by it.

Please remember that every reblog, like and share helps elevate the chance that someone else will see this post or another like it and will be able to donate, even if you can't. No amount is too small, and every cent counts.

As of the time I'm posting this they have £3,768 raised of their £30,000 goal

[000marie198]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔

I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔

Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏

https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

Ofcourse

This fundraiser has been verified by @/sar-soor and @/90-ghost . Please donate and share

[palms-upturned]

Please share the link 🙏🏻🌹

Your simple support can be huge for me, thank you very much

https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/753382307366338560/urgent?source=share

Of course 💙

(Link to the post linked above)

Ahmed and his family lost their house in the bombardment of Nuseirat, and the conditions are extremely dire. Ahmed’s campaign to evacuate his family is very low on funds, so please donate if you can and share his campaign!!

Ahmed’s campaign is verified by nabulsi

[archrins]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔

I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔

Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏

https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

I hope your family, mother and you are going and doing well,

Vetted by nabulsi, this campaign is sitting at £6,765 out of a goal of £30,000, it is very low funds, please reblog to share,

Please try to help diseases and health issues can also be passed on the future to Palestine people.

[sassysophiabush]

[wiggles-mcgee]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔 I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔 Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏 https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

I sincerely hope that you and your family reach safety soon!

The Ahmed family has raised just $4319 out of $30000. If you are able to donate, please do. And if you cannot, please share their campaign and reblog, in the hopes it will reach someone who can donate.

[mangocheesecakes]

Hi 🙏

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔

I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔

Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏

https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

Hello Ahmed. I've shared your post on my blog. I'm sorry that all I can do right now is share your link.

Ahmed's fundraiser is currently at £2,733 of their £30,000 goal. Quite some progress since I last answered his ask, but still has a very long way to go. Please consider sending some amount to this gofundme today:

[theropoda]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔 I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔 Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏 https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

this is a verified fundraiser that's quite low on funds with only £3,176/£30,000. please donate and share as much as you are able

[dragonlikeleaves]

This is my mother preparing bread despite the war and bombing everywhere 😔💔

I hope you can help me, I want her to be fine 😔

Thank you very much my friends🙏🙏

https://www.tumblr.com/ahmed-ziad/752355342201028608/plea-for-safety-a-cry-from-the-heart-of-gaza?source=share

PLEASE GO DONATE AND/OR SHARE!!!

[ This is a vetted GoFundme. To learn more about donating, please view this post. ]