I Wonder What I Look Like In Your Eyes

I wonder what I look like in your eyes

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6 months ago

Hope in a time of genocide: a Palestinian journalist's perspective on Gaza fundraising
Journalist and former charity worker Siraj Abudayeh discusses ever-changing conditions in Gaza, social media fundraising, and why, since the beginning, he has fought for his right to stay Palestine.

There have been many coordinated groups led by Palestinian diaspora and pro-Palestinian activists abroad who are all dedicated to raising money for families such as yours. Beyond raising money, what effects do you think these organized campaigns have had on Palestinians in Gaza?

These groups work despite the great challenges. They make a great effort for the Palestinian campaigns. They have had a great impact in alleviating the suffering of needy families in light of the ongoing fierce war on the Gaza Strip. Thanks to these campaigns, many families have been able to provide many of their needs that they could not. Providing it in light of the lack of a source of income and high prices.

I've noticed that, unlike other people who are fundraising for evacuation, you began this journey trying to rebuild your family home. What was your thought process in choosing to rebuild instead of evacuate?

If we all evacuate from our country, the Zionist occupation will easily control it and steal our land. I make it my goal to stay in my land, build my homeland, and prevent the occupation from controlling it. The homeland, to me, is a sacred place and represents something big for me and my family. We want to build our homelands and not leave them and grant The occupation has the opportunity to control and steal it, and, God willing, Gaza will be liberated from these Zionists.

One day I will remove the rubble from the house, I will decorate it again with the Palestinian flag, with peasant embroidery, with antique accessories, with pottery, with the scent of thyme, oil, olives, dukkah, and Nabulsi. I will gather with my family around another hearth, but on our land, which we love, and on our soil, which we love like henna, and breathe like air. Today, tomorrow, a month later, or whenever God willing, we will return I love my country with an eternal love that has no cure or cure.

What you describe here - the efforts of volunteers, your own commitment to rebuilding your life despite the occupation’s effort to tear it down, even refusing to leave when they try to kick you out - all sounds like resistance to me. What is your perspective on resistance to genocide, in all its forms? To you, what does it mean to resist?

We are not just resisting the resistance that the world knows...

We resist while getting a living. We resist [in] queues for bread, water, oven, and cell phone charging.

We are struggling with the tent that melted from the heat of the sun and was torn apart.

We resist memories that shatter us a thousand times a minute.

We resist insects, rodents, flies, mosquitoes and sand.

We are resisting a resistance that cannot be counted or counted.

But nonetheless..

Gaza will not be left, if it leaves us, Gaza is inside us, growing inside our hearts, inside our soul. Gaza is not a city! Gaza is the mother of the whole country, the last of the walls. I will not get out of it even if my soul does.

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9 months ago

Arcane + “Things to Never Say to Someone Who Just Came Out”

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1 month ago

is it my incredible female intuition or is it paranoia from all of the trauma

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1 week ago

i am a wild beast i am not meant to be trapped within these walls

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RELEASE ME yearning for the wilderness i need to feel the dirt beneath my feet the wind in my hair the rain on my skin i need to hold slippery slimy frogs in my hands and befriend the isopods and offer nuts to the crows

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3 weeks ago

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2 weeks ago

make her feel alive, chase her in the woods

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4 months ago

"Warm greetings 👋,

I’m Ahed, a father of 3 girls . We suddenly found ourselves without a home 🏠, without security, after losing everything to the war 💔. We used to live peacefully, but now we’re struggling just to survive in a cramped, unequipped place 🏫.

I’m humbly asking for your help . Even a small donation from you could restore some of the stability we once dreamed of 🌈. If you cannot provide financial help, simply sharing our story would be greatly appreciated 🙏.

With heartfelt thanks 💖."

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4 months ago

goodbye 2023👋hello 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓋴 𓇌𓅂𓄿𓂋 𓇋 𓅃𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓎼𓅂𓏏 𓄿 𓅓𓅲𓅓𓅓𓇌 𓃀𓅱𓇌𓆑𓂋𓇋𓅂𓈖𓂧 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓃀𓅂 𓉔𓅲𓋴𓃀𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋𓆑 𓉔𓅂𓂕𓋴 𓎢𓅱𓅱𓃭 𓅃𓇋𓏏𓉔 𓏏𓉔𓄿𓏏

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1 week ago

Gurl, get up. Dust your clit off. You’re a bad bitch and dont you fucking forget it.

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