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Yesterday night, I asked my parents to remind me to return The Terror (2018) to the video rental store. This morning I woke up to two — momentarily confusing and concerning — text notifications:

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soup de jour: soup of the day

soup de jure: soup the government wants you to eat

soup de facto: the soup everyone actually eats

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New Gaza fundraiser asks I've received (16 September)

Ahmed Matar (@ahmedmatatsblog): Ahmed has 5 children (ages between 15 and 2), and he is also responsible for caring for his sick elderly parents and his married brother with his 2 children. Ahmed decided to migrate and apply for asylum in another country a week before the current war with hopes to improve the living conditions of his family. But now he cannot work while his asylum application is getting processed, and his family is trapped in Gaza. He is trying to raise funds to cover his famly’s daily expenses and to evacuate them out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/04873d58) (vetted by @/gazavetters and is #33 on their Gaza vetted fundraisers list. For more info on @/gazavetters click here) (€705 raised of €64,000 target)

Yusra (@mariam2013y): Yusra has a 11-year-old daughter named Maryam. Their house has been destroyed. They have been displaced no fewer than 4 times and they are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/959e2902) (vetted by association! Yusra is a friend of @/dodooomar (shared by 90-ghost)) ($1,206 USD raised of $30,000 target)

Ahmed Mohammed (@helpzzmeplz): Ahmed has 2 children: Majdi (6) and Ayah (7). They are trying to migrate to Canada. (https://gofund.me/e22e9331) (vetted by association. Ahmed is a friend of Sahar (@/a-ss-123). (Sahar is also vetted by association. She is a relative of @/burningnightgiver (@/burningnightgiver's campaign has been shared by 90-ghost, also see post here)))

Yazan and Yamen (@yazanabed, @yamenbakera): Yazan and Yamen are brothers who live with their parents and their younger brothers. They have a younger brother who has contacted hepatitis C, and another who has contacted cancer due to the horrible conditions they are in. Their parents both need medication for their chronic illnesses. They also have a sister who is pregnant and her husband has been killed. (https://gofund.me/a1f08107) (vetted by association! They are the brother of @/bshaeromars-blog (#231 in verified fundraiser spreadsheet vetted by el-shab-hussein and nabulsi. Also promoted by nabulsi)) ($438 USD raised of $40,000 goal)

Mahmuod Anwar (@mahmoudanwar): Mahmoud is from a family of 10. Mahmoud has proposed to a girl and they intended to get married but this war had disrupted their plans. His house and his workplace have been destroyed. His younger brother dreamed of studying law at uni. His older sister Suha was a uni accounting student. His mother suffers from high blood pressure and chronic diseases but there is no treatment. They are trying to evacuate out of Gaza. (https://gofund.me/ffd50356) (vetted by @/gazavetters and is #38 on their vetted fundraiser list. For more info on @/gazavetters click here) (€110 raised of €15,000 goal)

Ahmad Zindah (@ahmednser): Ahmed’s house, vehicle, and the factory ran by him, his brothers and his father have all been destroyed. Some of his family members were injured by the bombings. (https://gofund.me/beb55c95) (vetted by @/gazavetters and is #37 on their vetted fundraiser list.  For more info on @/gazavetters click here) (€167 raised of €100,000 target)

Iyad Alanqar (@eyad-alanqar255): Iyad is trying to evacuate himself and his his family. Their house has been destroyed. They tried seeking shelter at a hospital but it was bombed, and he had to pull his niences and nephews (Nasser, Jana, Mohammed, and Hind) out from under the rubble. He also needs funds to treat his respiratory issues, as well as to continue his education. (https://gofund.me/9e599706) (vetted by @/gazavetters and is #24 on their vetted list. For more info on @/gazavetters click here)

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 13 - 25 July.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 26 -29 July.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 30 July - 1 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 2 - 5 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6 - 10 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 11 - 14 August.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 15 - 18 August

Click here for my Masterlist for fundrasiers from 19 - 21 August

Click here for my Masterlist for fundrasiers from 22 - 24 August

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 25 - 28 August

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 29 August - 1 September

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 2 - 5 September.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 6-10 September.

Click here for my Masterlist for fundraisers from 11-14 September.

How does vetting and verification work? See post here. (also read comments regarding 90-ghost and why we trust the campaigns he has shared)

Click here for my Google Doc with my complete masterlist of all the Palestinian gfm asks I've received, updated daily (along with other verified ways to send aid to Gaza).

See post here for other verified ways to send aid to Gaza.

Don't forget your Daily Clicks on Arab.org, it's free!!! and Every click made is registered in their system and generates donation from sponsors/advertisers.

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brb gotta to go splash water on my face in the mens bathroom and look haggardly at myself in the mirror

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The sick reality is that many of the renowned academics and writers among Gaza's thousands of martyrs will, in twenty years time, be quoted and memorialised by the same universities and institutions that have denigrated them and enabled their slaughter.

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cursed with "do you still like me?" "are you mad at me?" "did i do something wrong?" disorder

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the idealized version of my tomorrow self will fix this

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ten years from now there's going to be a brand new type of emo girl whos posting dark edits of bluey saying swear words and doing xanax like they've been doing with hello kitty for decades now. and it's gonna be awesome

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"people in real life: hey man how's it going" is a killer phrase. instantly neutralizes whatever insane discourse you find online. gonna start using that from now on

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They say you die three times, first when the body dies, second, when your body enters the grave, and third, when your name is spoken for the last time. You were a normal person in life, but hundreds of years later, you still haven’t had your “third” death. You decide to find out why.

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Coffee should still be 50 cents a cup. It should be something you pay for with silver coins. And for another quarter you should get a cigarette with it

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i wish i were rich because that way i could comtinue being Insane & Useless and it would be fine like not even a problem

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Repost of Instagram post by alessandra_sanguinetti:

“In 2004 I worked as an intern in Newsweek and had to go through the wires coming in from the Middle East.

The Iraq war was raging. Israel was committing its routine violations and killings.

The images were devastating and unequivocally condemning of both the USA and Israel, but I remember the editors would reject all my picks and demand images of burnt cars or vague images of destruction.

So I brought a hard drive and collected everything they didn't publish.

It was my first live glimpse of the lack of ethics or integrity in most US media.

Not the journalists on the ground, but of the senior editors making the calls - in their self important glass cubicles.

And no, to the cynics out there..it's not all too complicated to discuss on social media.

Social media is the only reason we know what's happening in Palestine.

And the only reason mainstream news has to keep up and sprinkle some actual news now and then.

Meanwhile we are seeing much less footage coming out of Gaza - Israel has been killing off all the journalists.

This is terrifying.”

Photo credits: Nasser Ishtayeh, Yossi Alon, Saif Dahlah, Jaafar Ashtiyeh, Musa Al-Shaer, Abed Onar Qusini