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Nicola Samori

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my favourite comic by gerard donelan 💖

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Please sign the petition!!!

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Donation campaigns - May 25

Below are vetted campaigns I have come across today and compiled into one list to make it easier for us to generate the best possible impact.

Please consider donating to Gaza's municipality services to bring basic necessities to people like clean water (the campaign is only at 14%)

8 year old Yusuf needs our urgent help

Help Youssef keep his three children safe (low on funds)

Support Haytham who's trying to keep his triplets safe

Please support Dina in her mission to rescue her family members

Ruba's family still needs our urgent help

Help Laila in her attempt to survive

Help Motaz and his family start over

Help Mohamed Ayesh continue his education

Donate so that Sujood can reunite with her children

Donate to save Maysara's life

Help this Gazan family with medical bills

Help Mahmoud with his campaign

Help Rania provide basic necessities for her family in north Gaza

Help Iman's family get to safety

Eman's home was destroyed in Sudan and needs our support

Help Safaa rescue her children

Support Tahani's campaign

Help Mohamed get his injured family members to safety

Urgent evacuation support for Ramzi's family

Help Basel evacuate his wife and children to safety

Support Marah's campaign so that she can reunite with her family

Renad and her family need our support

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[A man wearing a hat, caption: Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due.]

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please donate what you can to medglobal, who are working to provide emergency relief in sudan; $12 USD provides an emergency kit, $20 provides medical PPE, & $50 will provide 50 liters of diesel fuel for hospital generators

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Nyawargak by Ludovic Franzolini for Alla Carta Magazine Issue 24

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Ya Yumma Fe Dagga A’babna - يا يمه في دقة ع بابنا

Based on a true story from 1973, "Oh mother, there is a knock on our door" opens to a song written by renowned Palestinian folk singer Abu Arab, who wrote the lyrics after meeting "Bilal", who told him his story of sneaking back into his village after having been exiled for 5 years.

"Bilal" was the nickname given to a Palestinian freedom fighter from the town of Beit Fajjar south of Bethlehem, who took part in launching attacks against the Israeli occupation forces and was later exiled to Lebanon as a result. During this time, his family was informed that Bilal was killed during the Battle of the Beaufort in southern Lebanon. 

Unbeknownst to Bilal’s family, the news about his death was not true. 5 years later, Bilal was able to sneak back into Palestine and into his town. According to him, he really wanted to see his mother. During the night, he knocked on the front door of his family’s house, a knock to which his mother responded asking who it was. "I am your son", Bilal replied. In response, Bilal’s mother yelled out "my son was martyred in Lebanon. Leave!" The mother was under the impression that this was an Israeli soldier trying to trick her into admitting to communicating with or aiding freedom fighters.

Bilal then ran to one of the neighbours and explained what happened. The neighbours visited the mother and she agreed to meet her son finally. According to Bilal, when his mother saw him, she embraced and kissed his rifle before  embracing and kissing him.

Years later, Bilal met with Abu Arab who upon hearing Bilal’s story, wrote the below lyrics

يا يمه في دقه ع بابنا يا يمه هاي دقة أحبابنا يا يمه هاي دقة قوية يا يمه دقة فدائية

Which translate to:

Oh mother, there is a knock on the door A knock resembling that of our loved ones Oh mother, it is a heavy knock A knock resembling that of a freedom fighter

These opening lines were later built on and turned into the infamous song we know today. The most famous version of the song is of course the one sung by the songwriter himself, Abu Arab. The song, however, has since been popularised and sung by different artists, most notably Palestinain band El-Funoun, Hamza Namira and of course Sanaa Moussa. 

The song carries a lot of significance in Palestinian culture but especially with families of prisoners in Israeli prisons or those whose loved ones have been exiled or forced out of their land and into refugee camps away from their families. The song invokes a sense of hope, that one day these families will hear a familiar knock on their door, too. It instills a sense of faith and promise to these families that they will also be able to embrace their loved ones again.

More songs are shelved at my (humble but growing) Palestine folk music library.

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Ana Mendieta, Untitled (from the Fetish Series), 1977

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Nablus: Illuminated by the Sun (2011) Palestinian Artist SAMIRA BADRAN

An homage by the artist to her father Jamal Badran who was a master of the Islamic arts and calligraphy in Palestine. The installation was placed in Jadet Badran, Onion Market, Nablus. Inspired by her father’s work, Samira created these patterns and calligraphed a poem by Palestinian poet Waleed al-Keilani.

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Kaos (Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, 1984)