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This is the most popular shirt design in my fundraiser:

The most popular designs for stickers and pins:

And here is the most popular design for bags and notebooks:

Making new art is starting to hit diminishing returns, so I am going to try to spend a little more time promoting my existing work. I will still be making new stuff, just a little slower. I currently have 168 designs, each available across a wide range of 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.

I started doing this around the end of October/start of November and I've improved a lot at design in this time. I deleted all my older art and my shop is now a full time fundraiser for my best friend, who is Palestinian and the sweetest person in the world. It has been heartbreaking watching him suffer, I am attempting to help provide a little financial security for his family at least. We are grad students so we don't earn very much (speaking of grad school, go protest! There are protests at so many universities right now, please join one!).

I honestly didn't expect this shop to get much response, I'd only had it a few months and I'd never sold a single product before I started making designs about Palestine. I'm super touched by all the support we have received. I know there are lots of bigger, more official and more important fundraisers out there, but this was all I could think to do for my friend while still protecting his privacy. I'm very grateful you all have given me the means help this wonderful person and I'm so happy to see people using my art to promote the cause further. Thank you!

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This line is from the song يا بحرية (Ya Bahriya) by Marcel Khalife. The friend I am fundraising for loves this song and this is his favorite line. It does not come across in English very well, it roughly translates to something like "The sea has risen, the sea is crying, tears are complaining the heart is speaking". You can listen to the song here, it's very pretty.

I have this line in this pretty font available on stickers and other products, here. As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my 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 product examples:

I'm not sure why the stickers look so tiny in the preview images, but the product previews showing them on water bottles display them as a normal size, and they're high enough resolution. I think they will print just fine.

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 work:

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

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Here's a quick keffiyeh overlay design on an open source dove image, found 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 product examples (shirts, sticker, mug, tote bag, pin):

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 small sample of some of my other work:

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

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I run a fundraising shop where I sell Palestine related designs and all income goes to keeping my best friend's family safe. My friend graciously agreed to model the gym shirt I got him from the shop:

The left is the product mockup, the right is my friend (cropped to protect privacy of course). It's still a little wrinkly from the package here but I think it turned out nicely. The printing is pretty light and thin which I guess is unsurprising for a stretchy exercise shirt, I imagine it will be heavier on the standard clothes. He says it's comfortable and it held up through our workout with no issues.

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. Each design is available on a range of products such as stickers, shirts, pins, bags, puzzles, posters, notebooks and mugs. The selection varies depending on the design.

Here are some examples of other shirt/sweatshirt designs:

Again visit my shop here if you want to see more. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We really appreciate your help and we hope you are enjoying your purchases!

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I drew a journalist for my fundraiser. I'm not very experienced at drawing people but I'm practicing, I've wanted to add a journalist for a while since they've become such an important symbol for Palestine. Found here, mostly intended for stickers.

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 product examples (some shirts are available but I think this drawing looks much better on some of the smaller products like stickers, magnets and pins):

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 some of my other work:

Everything is available on stickers, most are available on many other products such as shirts, pins, bags, puzzles, posters, notebooks, mugs and a bunch of other things. The selection varies depending on the design. I have 166 designs and counting, and I'm going to keep making more until everyone my friend loves is safe.

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

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Another map design, found 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 product examples:

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 designs:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! My friend is very touched by the huge amount of support he has received. I hope you are all enjoying your purchases.

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I wanted to design something that the friend I am raising money for will actually wear this time. He's pretty minimal with his clothing, I've handmade a couple things for him in the past but none of my shop designs so far have suited him. Here's what I made:

The map is black with white lettering for stickers/magnets, white with black lettering on other products. I made it really small on the clothes and ordered him a basic gym shirt. The design can be found 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 more product examples:

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 the other designs I have:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

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A quick text design for my fundraising shop (mostly made with shirts in mind), found 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.

Some product examples:

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 the other designs I have:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

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Photos of a couple of my fundraiser stickers I was sent from a college campus. Nice to see them being used!

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 these stickers and many other things in my shop here. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Stickers tend to be the most popular but my work is also available on many other products (shirts, bags, magnets, pins, notebooks, mugs, etc). The available selection will vary depending on the design.

Here is a sample of some of my work and the various products it can be printed on:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! And a special thank you to whoever bought that huge order of 90 stickers a few days ago! We greatly appreciate your support and hope you are enjoying your products.

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Compilation of some of my fundraiser stickers (the first one, the teacup is new):

As usual 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. Designs are available on many products besides stickers (shirts, bags, magnets, pins, notebooks, etc), and there are many more designs available than just the ones shown above. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

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The poem fragment I used here is from "Silence for Gaza" by Mahmoud Darwish (the poem is from 1973 but could have been written yesterday, I recommend you check it out). Stickers with this sort of vintage scrapbooking look seem popular right now, so I wanted to make a version for Gaza for my fundraiser. Products with this design can be found here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my designs 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 product examples, again see here for all options (also shirts/hoodies have many color options besides the default if you click on them):

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 the other designs I have:

I have 161 designs and counting, I'm making new ones at least a few times a week so check back if you don't see anything you like yet. I'm not going to stop adding stuff until everyone my friend loves is safe. Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

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This Mahmoud Darwish quote translates roughly to "Peace to a land that was created for peace, yet never saw a peaceful day". Design found here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my designs 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 products with this design. The olive leaves stick out a bit which makes shirt positioning awkward, so I set many of the shirts to back instead of front this time since it looks a little too low on the products otherwise:

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 are some examples of other designs I have:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

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I smushed two of my previous designs for my fundraiser together into a new design (original two below):

Once again mostly a good sticker design, though available on other products. All products with this design can be found here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my designs 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 products with this design (sticker, sweatshirt, pin):

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 are some examples of other designs I have:

Thank you to everyone who has helped so far! I hope you are enjoying your purchases

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I took a vintage ornamentation and turned it into a Palestinian flag for my fundraiser. The design can be found here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my designs 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 has also been supporting his girlfriend staying with him here in America these past few months; she is now heading back home. The immediate area around where she is from has been fairly secure recently. We're really hoping it stays that way. It will be sad to see her go, he has been noticeably less depressed with her here. She has been a great comfort to him.

Here is the above demonstrated on a few 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. I have 158 designs and counting, I'm not going to stop making them until my friends family is safe. Here's a sample of some of my other stuff, displayed here on stickers:

Thank you to everyone who has helped so far!

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Another poppy design pieced together from open source resources, this time in a map of Palestine. As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my Palestinian best friend to help him take care of his loved ones affected by the violence and economic devastation in Gaza and the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. Anything he doesn't need for his immediate friends and family will be donated to charity, wherever he thinks it will make the most difference (he's heavily involved in activism and very knowledgeable about that sort of thing).

You can find the above design here. Here is a sample of a few of the products it is available on, I think it will make a good sticker in particular:

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's a sample of some of my other work:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

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I made a new metal shirt design for my fundraiser, found here (the design is also available on stickers and other things). This one is going for an old school heavy metal aesthetic, I made a black metal style one a while ago too, found here.

ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my Palestinian best friend to help him take care of his loved ones. Music is a huge thing I bonded with this friend over. We met through labor organizing so the first album I ever showed him was Panopticon's Kentucky, he'd never heard metal before but took to it immediately. Our first time hanging out properly was a spontaneous night spent in his car showing each other songs after a union event. He introduced me to Umm Kulthum that night, we hung out until about 1 in the morning eating pizza and sharing our favorite artists.

I'd also like to take a moment to highlight one of my personal favorite Arabic language metal/hardcore bands, Znous from Tunisia. In addition to this wonderful album you can also try this song called "Rotzhey Yeladim (Children Killers)" from November. Bet you can guess what that one is about.

Anyway here's a couple more examples of products with this design and the other metal design:

I also have tons of other designs in a lot of different styles. I'm trying to keep making more as frequently as I can until his family is safe (aiming to average out to roughly one design per day though I've been a little behind recently). Here is a sample of my other work:

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!

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Finally got more or less caught up on research yesterday so I made a few new things for my fundraiser:

These are all edits of an old vintage photo of the Dome of the Rock from the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. It looks a little different than it does today. There have been several renovations since this was taken, most notably the addition of the iconic gold plated roof in 1959-1961. You can find these designs here, here, here and here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my best friend, to help him support his partner and 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. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

Not related to the shop but I need to vent: some old Zionist asshole showed up at a research talk my friend gave recently and loudly spoke over him from the audience, we believe it was intentional harassment. We have a major problem with these old fucks in STEM programs it's so frustrating. My friend still did amazing though, he is so good under pressure. I'm so fucking proud of him.

Here are some sample products with these designs, they're particularly good for stickers:

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 are some examples of other designs I have:

Thank you to everyone who has helped so far!