#sarah sohaib

[growingup101blog]

I wish to sleep with lights in the sky

and not thunder in my mind.

I like the crisp ringing in my ears,

in my bones and in my heart

but not in my head

or in my eyes or on my tongue.

Oh, to sleep neath the woke sky

with my mind at rest.

- Sarah Sohaib

This is almost a year-old poem I composed, which still fits today. I wonder, has there really been any big change, or does it and will always lead me back to square one. The 4th of February felt joyful and soulful, because of the winds that wrapped around me, but mainly because of the necessary heart pour. Coincidence? The universe is ever so lazy.

See ya.

[andnowanowl]

Daily Click for Arab.org

Some Fundraisers From Gaza

Reminder that there has been a polio outbreak in Gaza due to the horrible conditions there, and children are especially at risk for infection.

Ibtisam Al-Habil - has several children, including immunocompromised daughter, Nour, who has congenital heart disease. $13,707 CAD of $70,000. URGENT.

Ahmed Aziz - needs funds to have an operation for infant son, Abdul, who has Hirschprung's disease (affects intestine). €231 of €5,000. URGENT.

Sameer Al Khaldi - family of 17, including 9 adults and 8 children. $632 USD of $50,000.

Mohammed Almanasra - married father of three young children: Abdulrahman, Sarah, and Lina. $8427 CAD of $50,000. Vetted here, 8th one down.

Motaz Jad Al-Haq - Gazan nurse and father of three children: Mohammed, Omar, and Nima. Married to pediatrician Fedaa Al-Nadi. $14,189 SEK of $250,000. (55 SEK = 5 USD.) Vetted here.

Salem Alanqar - father of Bakr and Laila, husband to Hadeel. €4542 of €38,000. Vetted here.

Nour Alanqar - wife of Ashraf Ismail and mother to three: Hussein, Rajaa, and Yousef. €18,824 of €40,000. Vetted here.

Ahmed Halas - father of at least two children. €4986 of €80,000. Vetted here.

Fatima Alanqar - wife of Bilal Dader and mother of five: Yazan, Fadl, Zina, Rajaa, and Basma. €4198 of €20,000. Vetted here.

Hanaa Jad Al-Haq - wife of Muhammad Hammad and mother of Youssef. £8596 GBP of £20,000. Vetted here, #246

Jehad Abuhamda - father of three: Sama, Loai, and Yousef. Son of Ahmed and Fatin. $13,898 USD of $50,000. (Donations have stagnated.)

Kareman Dohan - mother of Hamoud and wife of Ayman Olwan. $4409 USD of $50,000. Vetted here.

Abdel Muti Al-Habil - Father of Juri and husband of Shaima. €8110 of €50,000. Vetted here.

Mahmoud Khalaf - has 8 members of his family that need evacuating. €20,957 of €30,000. Verified here, #151.

Mahmoud Alkhaldi - Fiancé to Sajood, brother to Mohammed (married) and uncle to Yasser. $9,158 USD of $50,000. Vetted here.

Noureddine - Father of two and husband. $7,025 USD of $45,000. Vetted here.

Ehab Ayyad - Has 20? members of his family that need evacuating. €699 of €50,000.

Ahmed Abu Al-Rish - Recent high school graduate. Wants to attend university. $4,340 USD of $10,000. Vetted here.

Haya Alshawish - family of eight: parents, wife, and six children. €68,907 of €100,000. Vetted here.

Mohi & Family - Has six members of family. $12,380 USD of $31,000. Vetted here.

Safa'a Abd - wife and mother of two. €26,459 of €50,000. Vetted here.

Ashraf Alanqar - husband of Widad Issa and father of Bakr. €17,183 of €20,000. Vetted here.

Munna Tashmali family - has 5 children, including Rima, Salah, and Lina. £12,940 GBP of £30,000 goal. Vetted here.

Sohaib Asfour - has several members of family that need evacuation, including two teens. £682 GBP of £6,000.

Shymaa Taiser - wife of Deaa and mother to four, including Amal. $10,788 USD of $50,000. #141 on vetted fundraisers.

Muhammad Atalla - injured by IOF, needs bone graft and home rebuilt. 4 adults and 10 children will get remaining proceeds. €10,983 of €82,000. Vetted here.

Mohammed Hijazi - displaced with his parents, injuries. €8,663 of €20,000.

Ahmed Al-Habil - displaced physiotherapist with wife, parents, and two children, including Joan. £1,431 GBP of £81,000.

Aseel Asad - mother and father need medical attention. $8,360 USD of $20,000. Vetted here.

Alaa Al Khateeb - an engineer with a husband and two children. £26,629 GBP of £56,000.

Bilal Abdul Hadi al-Saqa - displaced from Khan Younis and Rafah. $23,210 USD of $25,000. (Donations have stagnated.)

Abdulkarim Al-Madhoun - college student with a family of five. €14,238 of €20,000.

Mahmoud Al-Balawi - has five siblings and five nieces/nephews in need of aid. €33,397 of €50,000

Youssef - has a sick father being treated and a younger brother ill from hepatitis. $2,417 USD of $15,000. Vetted here.

Mohammed Shurrab - medical doctor with at least 12 family members in need of aid. €3,454 of €100,000.

Bilal Salah - needs to evacuate at least 20 members of his family. €95,730 of €100,000. (Close to completion.)

Asmaa Majed - computer engineering student in need of evacuation. $2,877 USD of $50,000. Vetted here.

Osama Al-Anqar - has a wife, Rana Raed Al-Anqar, and a small daughter. £105 GBP of £50,000.

Ahmed Jehad - married and has a baby daughter. $907 CAD of $40,000. #32 of vetted fundraisers under prenatal/perinatal section.

Ezzedine Salem - needs evacuation with family. €43 of €25,000.

Kefah Rizq - widow with six children whose husband was a nurse. $585 of $40,000.

Ghada - wants to evacuate with her husband and daughter. €80 of €30,000.

Amal Ashour - master's student with a wife and daughter, Maryam. €24,563 of €30,000.

Mohammed Hassouna - has a wife, Reham, and three daughters: Toleen, Wateen, and Rateel. £1,269 GBP of £35,000.

Hossam Saleh Mohamed El Bardawil - needs to evacuate with nieces and nephews, and their mothers. $7,414 CAD of $20,000.

Osama Basil - web developer who needs funds to rebuild his living in Gaza. €245 of €15,000.

Ayah - has a cousin and cousin's wife, Lina, and his two young children, Saif and Sidra, in need of evacuation. €33,270 of €45,000. Vetted by Lina's friend Mohiy here.

Nada Al-Farra - needs evacuation with spouse and four year-old son. €268 of €20,000.

Shadi Sameer Ashour - needs evacuation with two children. €45 of €50,000.

Tahrir Rezq - mother who needs to be evacuated with six children. $10 USD of $65,000.

Rana Hassan - mother of three children, one of whom has Down syndrome. €170 of €25,000.

Mohammed Almadhoun - needs evacuation with ten family members, including four minors: Sarah, Yomna, Massa, and Misk. €5,014 of €50,000.

Yahya Ahmad - pharmaceutical student who needs funds for his sick father and brother. $1,228 USD of $50,000.

Ola Ferwana - mother of three children: Yamen, Qusai, and Mira. Husband got stuck in Egypt because of Oct. 7. €1,924 of €35,000.

Mohammed Helles - needs aid for himself, his wife, and children. €140 of €45,000.

Abdallah Mousa - needs to be evacuated with family. $909 USD of $30,000. Vetted here.

Mohamad - medical student in need of funds for tuition because father is trapped in Gaza. $791 AUD of $12,000.

Mohammed Naser Ayyad - seventeen year-old high school student who needs to evacuate his seven siblings and mother. €1,702 of €38,000.

Ahmed Hassan Al-Sir - needs to be evacuated with wife Lubna, and sons: Mohamed, Hassan, and Yazan. €395 of €50,000. Vetted here.

Mohammed Abu Zour - father of three with a pregnant wife currently suffering from pre-eclampsia. One son was tortured by IOF along with Mohammed. €981 of €30,000.

Ghazi Younis - needs help evacuating family from Gaza, including an elderly aunt named Alan. $3,619 USD of $50,000. Vetted here.

Mohammed Alanqar - needs to evacuate with wife, Walaa, and children: Zina, Salma, Omar, and Batoul. €35 of €50,000.

Hazem Shawish - needs to evacuate with sixteen members of family. €1,492 of €50,000.

Samar Saed Kamel Saed - the brother of @90-ghost, Ahmed, who has been working tirelessly to verify fundraisers. Ahmed's family is still in Gaza.

Hamdi Al-Shaltawi - small business owner and college student who needs help evacuating. €660 of €20,000

Oday Alanqar - needs to evacuate with his family, including his five year-old sister Rafif. €2,307 of €50,000.

GoFundMes from Sudan

Khartoum Aid Kitchen - fundraiser to feed people from Sudan undergoing genocide. £395,198 GBP of £400,000.

Asjad - needs to be evacuated with 2 sisters, a brother and her parents. $17,311 USD of $20,000.

Abeer - needs aid for her extended family, including 15 children, 2 babies, 10 women, and 5 elders with chronic conditions and in need of medical attention. $23,262 USD of $50,000.

Refugees in Cairo - need funds for meals due to poverty in Egypt. $6,465 USD of $25,000.

Musab Eltayeb - raising funds for students displaced during current crisis. €1,586 of €350,000.

[allthecryingdragons]

Very Important

Vetted

@safaa18mero

or

@abdallahblog0

@shamfarhat1

@m-elshaer038

@musababed

and

@shadowyavenuetaco

@karamalmadhoun0

Unvetted

@saveyouseffamily

[growingup101blog]

okay sooo ... gosh do you ever wonder how much you hate a voice Like just the bare voice. AND THEY ARE not even talking to you BUT YOU JUST DO. LIKE SHUT UP Please don't open your mouth ... and the worst part is , you used to like that voice once...

great.

Good Morning guys.

[growingup101blog]

January In Pixels

Check out my January Overview down below!

[growingup101blog]

January Overview

Hello, sooo January whizzed by in a flash. One moment, I was on a New Year’s Day call with my cousins, sharp at 12 am, and the next, I am sitting at the tiny desk in my room, on the 27th of January, recollecting the first month of 2024. Time baffles me sometimes. And space too. On the 2nd of January, I was on my way to surprise my relatives in Lucknow, with handmade besan ke laddoo. I think it was around this time, or perhaps a day or two before, when I started re-reading the Percy Jackson and Olympus Books. That was truly a joyous experience. To relive the bits and pieces of childhood I had forgotten somewhere in the school library’s centre table’s left corner seat. The thrill and excitement to finish a book series, embodying the 13-year-old Sarah, I finished the series within a week, that too while traveling and spending time with relatives and cousins (more like hiding from them during reading time lol). A great way to start the New Year, isn’t it?

Soon after that, around the 8th of January, I returned to my correspondence address, from where I was supposed to leave for my university the next day. Change of plans. Changes in mood. Loved it. Gave myself the deserved "me-time," which I don’t usually get in my hostel or Uni. Played games, video-called long-distance online bestie, baked fun stuff, and saved some for friends and for binge-eating in the hostel. Came to the College on the 14th of January and hung out with friends and acquaintances. Spent the next day productively rewinding and planning for the weeks ahead. The class schedules and course details, along with some preparation for classes the next day. I really liked how during this time, the distractions that had been stuck in my mind for the past few months were completely "unalive". And till this date are "unalive". Saw them on the 14th and felt euphoric that I felt nothing upon coming across that interaction. Then the hustle and bustle of college life began.

Waking up before anyone else, showering, and getting ready before 8. Light breakfast and then spend whatever time was left after reading. Then off to college with my friends. Arriving earlier than the sloths and being introduced to the new professors. Attending classes with full attention, practicing active retention, and trying not to "unalive" some creatures. Trying to save money and doing better than before but still in desperate need of some improvement. Spending mornings in classes and then afternoons in the Dome building cafeteria, catching up on the missed work and studying ahead. Evenings are more relaxed than the hectic but occupied days which I like. Keeps my head in the game. And nights spent peacefully, almost.

I am glad that I am becoming a more consistent person, in terms of completing my study targets, homework assigned, and praying at the right time, regularly. Persistence and consistency are the key, I am aware. And trying to incorporate that into my routine to achieve a disciplined lifestyle. I have also put up healthy boundaries which were most definitely necessary. And as you can guess, I am much more at peace now. This month does feel like I took the right steps towards my goals and ambitions. Not all, but the majority of them. I am really happy and, well, not satisfied but not completely dissatisfied, Thank God. I just need to not break my streak and continue to work with the fire in my eyes and trust in my heart, that if God wills, I will surely achieve more than just my goals.

That’s all for the January review

See ya next month

Sarah

[growingup101blog]

This is what I wanted a phone for

I mean come on ...can you blame me ?

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3/08/2023, 6:06 pm

Thought I caught

Without some people, life looks as barren as a rainforest with no fauna in it. No animals or birds to cause ruckus up and down.

An empty ecosystem which would barely function , yet would look so full and luscious to an outsider's eye.

[growingup101blog]

Dear me

, or anyone reading this in the future,

I have started this blog to have my journey of growing up or adulting stored up somewhere worthwhile. Because this human brain of mine won't just remember all the nice little and big details I wish to remember. So, if you are still reading this, I can assume you will read the blog too...

Welcome to Sarah's journey of unfortunately but fortunately growing up. In this space, I'll be sharing my daily college experiences, offering snippets from my notes app that capture the essence of my thoughts, sharing pictures I've clicked along the way, and ..venting about the people who, intentionally or not, left a lasting impact on my life. Sometimes, it's incredible how people can unknowingly influence you or, in some cases, just be utterly baffling. You'll find reflections on events that shape my path, plans I'm brewing, and the occasional study blog to document those intense academic days.

This blog is a sanctuary for the moments I want to cherish and the challenges I want to conquer. Join me as I navigate the twists and turns of this adventure called life. I actually made this sound not pathetic at all. Kudos to me!