the morning of the ceasefire should have been one of joy and hope for my friend aboud in gaza. instead, in the hours leading up to it (saturday night for me), he was sending me recordings of him and his friends being shelled and shot at by israeli soldiers www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-fun...

Mansour is 20 yo, & still has shrapnel in his body from Israel's attacks in '14. His family lost their home in the ongoing genocide. They're still starving, freezing, & sick under Israel's famine & siege. Please share or give to help them evacuate & rebuild their lives, Bsky restricts him as spam:

Gaza Ceasefire: Palestinian Lawyer Says Women, Children Released by Israel Faced Torture, Starvation

Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one

aboud also gave me permission to share the message he sent when the news of the ceasefire was announced. the joy is mixed with immense pain because of all that they lost & will continue to lose under occupation. please, please don't stop helping & fighting for palestinian liberation

we have surpassed our first goal of $1k out of $5k for aboud's birthday to help his family in gaza - thank you to everyone who has helped! however, we still have a ways to go. aboud still needs thousands of dollars to evacuate to egypt for eye surgery. please give at oldcowcreative.com & share!

we have surpassed our first goal of $1k out of $5k for aboud's birthday to help his family in gaza - thank you to everyone who has helped! however, we still have a ways to go. aboud still needs thousands of dollars to evacuate to egypt for eye surgery. please give at oldcowcreative.com & share!

aboud has been messaging me about the ceasefire; he is crying from gladness at having survived this far, but is also distraught at all he has lost & that he has not raised enough to get the eye surgery he desperately needs in egypt. the ceasefire CANNOT be the end of our support for folks in gaza

This profoundly important piece by Mohammad Alsaafin is a must-read today: www.thenation.com/article/worl...

no new donations in two days and we still need $100 usd to meet our first goal of $1k. please help us get there if you can! see below for multiple donation options 👇🏽

we have art that you can buy to help aboud's campaign (all proceeds go to him): ceramics by old cow creative studio, aboud's poetry chapbook, and stickers designed by independent artists pocketsizedquasar and lexx specifically for his campaign! oldcowcreative.com/collections/...

aboud is 23 years old, and he's taken on a burden no young person should have to: he's helping keep his year-old sister, his 18-year-old brother, and his parents alive under genocide. beyond daily survival costs, he needs to save up for an urgent eye surgery www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-fun...

we're just about $100 usd away from meeting our first goal of a thousand dollars - can you help us get there?

it's aboud's birthday! he should be celebrating in the safety and warmth of his home in gaza surrounded by his loved ones, but instead he and his family are living in a tent and struggling to survive day to day. please help us send aboud a gift to help them! multiple options at oldcowcreative.com

I am sharing a new Palestinian account every day and today is Asmaa. Asmaa has three children, Anas, Sara and Adam. Adam who is 3 has Cornelia de Lange Syndrome which requires many specialized therapies he has not been receiving. The family’s home was destroyed and they are living in a tent.

Hani sent me this cute video of Mohammed pretending to be a cat 😂

Palestinian Prisoner's Club and Commission of Detainees' Affairs have announced the murder of five Palestinian prisoners, who were abducted from the Gaza Strip during the ongoing military aggression, inside the Israeli jails.

Colossal, historic crimes are underway in Gaza. And the true, full toll — all the mortality not just from bullets and bombs but from disease and exposure and hunger and debilitation — is utterly unknown yet dreadfully enormous.

There are only a few days left in our year-end fundraising campaign. We are so close to meeting our goal of $50,000. Will you get us across the finish line — and have your donation doubled when you contribute by midnight on December 31? the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/

I am sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maisa. Maisa and her husband Raed have three children. Lana, Faris and Adam. They lost their home. They are currently trying to raise enough money to pay the rent in the small place they have so they do not end up in a tent in the winter.

His comments are being protested across the nation: indianexpress.com/article/citi...

For folks who are wondering what is happening in Indian Parliament. Here is a good list of articles and commentary on Amit Shah, the home ministers comments: thewire.in/politics/ami...

These same folks threw temper tantrums in South Asia about caste oppressed groups fighting for affirmative back at home but clearly benefited form US civil rights mvmts & DEI programs that helped them rise in tech. It’s just the privileged pulling up the ladder once they’ve climbed up into power.

For those following the GOP infighting, dominant-caste Indian Americans argue merit-based immigration isn’t discriminatory—just “common sense.” In reality, they’re using casteist/racists dogwhistles. Here is an old article I wrote that explains some of this: rewirenewsgroup.com/2018/02/14/s...

last, but absolutely not least, we have "birds & olives", aboud's poetry chapbook that he himself translated from arabic into english! these are home-printed and also priced on a sliding scale from $10-$20 USD, available only within the u.s. oldcowcreative.com/products/bir...

and now we have a new sticker for december, designed by the amazing lexx, of a palestinian mountain gazelle wearing a keffiyah! same pricing and shipping as the sunbird sticker oldcowcreative.com/products/fre...

then we have our beautiful november sticker of a palestinian sunbird on an olive branch, designed by the wonderful pocketsizedquasar on instagram! you can pay on a sliding scale from $3-5; free shipping within the u.s. and $2 for international shipping oldcowcreative.com/products/pal...

OR we also have beautiful art gifts that you can buy individually! all of the proceeds are split between aboud's family & his partner rozan's family firstly, there is this gorgeous ceramic mug for $45, made by river, the owner of old cow creative; u.s. only oldcowcreative.com/products/xl-...

we have many other donation options available at oldcowcreative.com, including signing up to give a min. $10 USD monthly donation so that you don't have to donate again at a future point! subscribers get a sticker every month & access to claim special art gifts oldcowcreative.com/products/mon...

it's christmas eve and aboud & his family haven't been able to find any food, so they are eating grasses & greens that aboud found by the side of the road 😔 can you help us raise $550 usd to help pay off the debt that's already overdue & get them more food? www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-fun...

I don’t know it seems like the right night to help a 9 months pregnant woman in Palestine ❤️

Come on, join the club!

if you’ve been eyeing the silk scarves I make, one donor to the fundraiser for Aboud’s eye surgery will receive a scarf that I printed with a shimmering school of fish. And all donors will help him and his family access urgently needed medical attention.

it's christmas eve and aboud & his family haven't been able to find any food, so they are eating grasses & greens that aboud found by the side of the road 😔 can you help us raise $550 usd to help pay off the debt that's already overdue & get them more food? www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-fun...