I Wanted To Design Something That The Friend I Am Raising Money For Will Actually Wear This Time. He's

I made a second pixel art design for my fundraising shop, found here. It's a woman with a keffiyeh and a Palestinian dress featuring tatreez embroidery. It was made with stickers in mind but it is available on a lot of products. The original (below) is found here.

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from my designs are for my Palestinian best friend, to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

All my designs can be found here (Redbubble will display them on a random product, click on each to see more product options such as shirts, stickers, pins, bags, etc). Edit: collections cap out at 100 products apparently, so from now on see my full range of designs here on my main page (I have temporarily removed all designs not related to Palestine).

Here are some examples of products with this design. Once I have a few more pixel art things I'll put some of them together in a sticker pack for people who want small versions (extra tiny stickers seem to me to suite this art style well).

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We greatly appreciate it.

Thank you to whoever bought an enormous amount of stickers from my fundraiser a couple days ago! We appreciate your help so much.

Here are some of the various things customers have bought recently:

As always ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my best friend who is Palestinian. The extra income will help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

You can find my full shop HERE. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design.

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We greatly appreciate all the support, and we hope you are enjoying your purchases.

New Palestine Designs

I'm back! Turns out there was a weird glitch and my posts have been pretty much shadowbanned this past week. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed this past week and probably could not see my previous thank yous.

For those who haven't seen my posts yet, my best friend (the best person I have EVER known) is Palestinian, and a lot of his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. ALL PROCEEDS from these designs will go to helping his girlfriend afford to join him in America safely and helping his other loved ones weather the violence and financial hardship.

The new designs above (and a bunch more) can be found here. Available on stickers, shirts, pins, prints, etc (click on each to see more product options).

We're hopeful that the ceasefire will mitigate the harm being done to my friend's family going forward. He's already had some loved ones hurt that this money can help so for now I will continue the fundraising (plus we do not feel safe hoping that the ceasefire will last, unfortunately). For now his girlfriend has remained safe and financial planning for her trip here is going okay. Most of his immediate family is okay (extended family and friends not entirely so unfortunately). I will keep updates somewhat vague to protect their privacy. We greatly appreciate all your help!

Edit: Redbubble appears to be fixing the problem, my designs are starting to reappear so I'm going to unpin this now. You can find my fundraising shop here.

I have no idea why two thirds of the designs in my shop are not appearing now. While I wait for Redbubble to respond to me here are links to some of my bestsellers that have mysteriously vanished from my homepage (still seem available you just can't find them through my store). ALL PROCEEDS as usual are to support my Palestinian best friend:

Dove in Keffiyeh

Cat in Keffiyeh de Graag Edit one and two

Cute Cat in Keffiyeh

Palestine Sunbirds one and two

Woodcut Style Keffiyeh Dove over Poppy

Simple Poppy Design

Woman with Keffiyeh and Key - Meunier Edit

Hopefully Redbubble will sort out whatever is happening soon. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

Oh I'd also like to include this glitch art one which is pretty new but starting to get some sales:

I have a lot of other links throughout my Tumblr posts that should still work too.

I added to my fundraiser a couple versions of my glitch art design with a white border, to look better on dark clothes. EVERYTHING I EARN is for my best friend, a Palestinian grad student living in America. The money is sent home to support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.

Here are some product examples (also shown are older versions of this design in my shop with black or no border that are better for light colored clothing, stickers, etc.)

You can find these in my fundraiser shop HERE. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Here is a sample of some of my other work:

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out! We really appreciate all the support and we hope you are enjoying your purchases.

Approval of "controversial" designs (so everything related to Palestine) has been really slow this week. So I'm going to repost a few designs while I wait for my latest to be approved. My birds have been very well received so I'm going to start with them. Here are a couple birds associated with Palestine:

The left is the white-spectacled bulbul, common around the Levant. They are omnivores robust to urban life, and are known to be quite noisy. Fun fact, bulbul (بلبل) in Arabic actually is used to refer to nightingales as well. This was pointed out to me by an Indian friend because it's the same in Urdu apparently. In English the word has more limited use.

The right is a Palestine sunbird, the national bird as of 2015. They eat insects and nectar and kind of look like giant hummingbirds, though they are not at all closely related to them.

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from my designs are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.

All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). My designs are available on shirts, stickers, hats, notebooks, magnets and many other things.

Here is a sample of other designs that have been selling well recently, shown here on stickers:

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far!

A new design for my fundraiser, shown here as a sticker. You can find it here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my Palestinian best friend to help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

Here are some examples of some other products:

You can find my full shop here. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design.

Here is a sample of some of my other stuff:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We really appreciate your help and we hope you are enjoying your purchases!

New Dove Design

I am absolutely in love with the Reem Kufi font (on the left), it's a beautiful blend of historical and modern design (though a little hard to read if you're still new to Arabic, haha). The Arabic characters were designed by Khaled Hosny if you want to check out the artist. I've used it for a bunch of simpler designs as well on my Redbubble recently.

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from these designs are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He is a brilliant scientist and the kindest man I have ever known, I hate seeing him suffer like this and want to help in whatever small way I can.

The designs above (and a bunch more) can be found here. Available on stickers, shirts, pins, notebooks, etc (click on each to see more product options).

Also check out my most popular designs so far (also doves):

Thank you to everyone who has helped so far!

Less than 2.5 hours until the ICJ delivers an interim ruling. I for sure am not going to be sleeping or getting any work done so I'm just going to reshare a few of my favorite recent designs from my fundraising shop and then work on making more. Of my recent works I probably like the Warhol inspired one I posted earlier this afternoon the most, top left:

ALL PROCEEDS from my work support my Palestinian best friend in keeping his family safe. He will donate anything he doesn't need to the charities he works with. You can find my shop here, the designs are available on a bunch of different things (shirts, stickers, posters, etc).

I really hope things with the ICJ go okay, I'm worried my friend will take it quite poorly if they do nothing. His mental health has finally been starting to improve (I think largely thanks to his wonderful partner being here with him) but I worry this could really set him back. He is the sweetest guy I've ever known, it's heartbreaking watching him go through this. The poor guy has lived through so much terrible stuff and still somehow sees the good in everyone. He's a passionate activist for so many good causes, a brilliant and dedicated scientist and an incredibly kind, selfless friend to so many people. The world would be a better place if more people were like him.

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far.

Masks for Protest Safety

I have seen a lot of people out protesting without masks. I want to point out that masks are not just for safety from illness! If you're at a protest that seems at risk of turning violent or being extra controversial in some way (being held in a hostile conservative area, for example) it is a very good idea to have a mask on you to avoid facial recognition software. Even if you don't do anything wrong there is always a chance law enforcement could give you a hard time for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time (particularly if you are a minority).

Other useful tips: Keep your phone turned off or carry a burner, wear long clothes to protect from chemical agents (and cover identifying tattoos), bring water (to wash eyes and drink), don't post photos of people without their consent, avoid contact lenses and eye makeup (due to pepper spray), don't carry anything you wouldn't want to get arrested with (drugs, valuables, etc), avoid loose hair and jewelry that can get caught or grabbed, write down (maybe on your skin) or memorize contact info for people you are with.

This post was prompted because I noticed throughout my fundraising that I have not sold any masks. This is totally fine, I've made plenty of other sales and stickers usually have the highest margins anyway. I do hope this means most of you are using keffiyehs or masks you have left over from Covid though! It's good to be safe (I'm always nagging the friend I'm raising money for to take more safety precautions at his protests, haha).

Here is a small sample of some of the masks I have:

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from these are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options such as masks, stickers, shirts, mugs, etc). I'm still adding new ones nearly daily.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far!