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zimmerman1 · 1 day

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⏰ 🚨 attention please🙏🚨

Dear friends and compassionate supporters,

This is Eman Zaqout, from Occupied Gaza, Palestine. I am a Biotechnologist 🩸💉, and scientific researcher👩‍⚕️ contacting you at a really desperate moment.🍉

I am seeking your assistance to raise funds for saving our lives, facing the starvation in Gaza and help me achieve my doctoral degree dream after being awarded OWSD PhD Fellowship for inspirational women👩‍🎓

Just like any motivated and loving life woman, and for years, I poured my heart and soul into my work at Al-Shifa Hospital and Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital, as Biotechnology Specialist serving cancer patients with compassion and skill 💪✌

(photos of Al-Shifa Hospital before and after the IDF destruction)

(photos of Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital before and after the IDF destruction)

I also gave medical lectures to students at different universities and training centers in Gaza👇

As a result of my outstanding grades in my study and the excellent performance in my job, I have been a holder of different scholarship and I am active participant in many research visits and scientific missions👩‍🔬. The last scholarship as at McGill University in Canada three months ago before the starting of the genocide in Gaza💔

However,😥

My life changed dramatically when Israeli military launched a sweeping war against Gaza. My home and our neighborhood in the North have been destroyed along with our belongings and precious memories early in this crisis😫

My job and my husband's job are gone 💔.Israeli military forced us to evacuate from the north Gaza to the south where they claimed it would be the safe zone but it is not at all😭

Forced to flee with nothing but the clothes on our backs, today, we find ourselves sheltering in a displacement camp lacking access to sanitation, medical supplies, food and drinkable water. I will not talk a lot about the dire and unbearable life we have to go through, as no word can express it fairly🥺😣

The good news in the midst of this tragedy, that I am one of the 22 women from the developing world who have been awarded OWSD- PhD fellowship to pursue my PhD study in Malaysia💪. But now I am stuck in Gaza unable to achieve my dream because Israeli army has occupied and closed all the border crossings😢

Meet 22 women who have been awarded the OWSD PhD Fellowship.

This genocide has been 11 months of hell and horror. We have reached a point where there is no hope left for us here in Gaza, where we are unfortunately just waiting for our turn to die.💔💔

Nevertheless,

I refuse to succumb to despair, holding on to the belief that brighter days lie ahead 🖤🤍💚💖

With your kindness and generosity🥺, I hope to survive the genocide and reclaim the path to achieving my doctorate 💉🩸

Your compassionate aid would mean the world to me and my family.🥺🙏🍉✌

Note, my previous account has been terminated for unknown reasons, but I had meaningful interactions with many of you ✔✔. I have always found the Tumblr community to be incredibly supportive and helpful, so your continued support of our campaign until we reach our goal would be deeply appreciated.💪💕

The pervious blogs have been vetted

by @90-ghost here

by @dlxxv-vetted-donations here

by @northgazaupdates2 here

by @aces-and-angels here

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zimmerman1 · 20 days

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Scott McCloud’s incomparable “Understanding Comics”.

I swear you can open this book to any page and it’s amazing.

(ps it’s actually a digital image of a printed copy of a drawing of a painting of a pipe)

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zimmerman1 · 26 days

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2020

VS

2024

AAAAAAAAAGH HOWDY CHIEFS!

I know it's been so long since I posted anything, sadly schoolworks has been extra busy and recovering from burnt out is not helping at all

But I'm still drawing in my free time and I'm genuinely happy with how far my art journey has come! I guess no matter what your pace is, progress is still progress, and I'm thankful for having peeps that believed in me throughout the years! And thank you guys for being entertained with my work!

#OH MY GOOOOD!!!#BOUNCING AROUND RAAAHHHH/POS

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zimmerman1 · 1 month

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Gaza Olympics ❤️‍🔥

"This is how the 'Olympics' are played in Gaza amidst the flames of war. Everything has been destroyed—sports, buildings, public facilities, and most importantly, dreams and hopes. After our home was leveled to the ground and our memories buried under the rubble, I decided to launch a donation campaign to save what remains of my life and my children’s lives. I am only striving to secure the most basic necessities for us. Any support, whether through donations or sharing, is a step toward reviving hope and saving what’s left."

Rebuilding Live: A Mother's Plea for Hope and Safety in Gaza

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zimmerman1 · 2 months

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Ok so i got this reply on this post talking about how palestinian bloggers are getting their accounts deleted and banned by tumblrs automated moderation system, and listen i have no interest in putting this person on blast cause i genuinely Dont think this sentiment is coming from a malicious place.

But i do want to talk about this nonetheless because i dont think you guys are realising that the people making these accounts and reaching out to us are doing so in english for OUR benefit, so that they can be understood by the english speaking majority on this site.

A lot of the people (not all but quite a few probably) are just not comfortable speaking in english!!! They may be using google translate to reach out to us and understand what we say back, and we all know how janky those translations tend to be. On top being completely unfamiliar with Tumblr's posting etiquette (which i do recall a lot of people were all taking pride in for being SO different from other sites not too long ago), there's a very obvious language barrier too.

Of course their posts will not be "natural sounding" enough for you.

And that's fine. Good on you for staying vigilant etc etc.

All I'm asking of you is to understand what you are asking of people when you demand that they "sound more natural" so that you can find them "convincing". You are demanding them to be fluent in language and culture they are not familiar with, when theyre already here at all because theyre in the middle of a genocide and just trying to survive.

So if you do get messages from palestinian people who want to spread their campaign and want to call yourself an ally, please dont immediately report them. There are places you can check to see if they are legit or not, there are palestinian bloggers who are working really hard to make sure any money you donate are going to people who actually need it instead of disgusting scammers who are trying profit off their misery.

Literally all you have to do is type their url into the search bar, and most likely you will find out if theyre a scam or not. If there arent any results you can just ask someone. Just dont outright dismiss thats all i ask.

This is the least effort you can put in from your side

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zimmerman1 · 2 months

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Based on this reblog by @wehdile because this came to me in a vision and I believe that Green is capable of immeasurable amounts of violence (he's a silly billy)

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zimmerman1 · 2 months

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supporting communities & people impacted by the Southport attack and the far-right riots in the UK

here is a list of community fundraisers I found, starting with those aiming to support the Southport community after the appalling attack at a children dance party, to the fundraisers helping those affected by the subsequent racist and Islamophobic far-right/nazi riots

last edited on 5 August to include Middlesbrough fundraisers

Southport:

Southport Strong Together Appeal - organised by the community foundation for Merseyside, for those affected by the Southport knife attack

United for Southport families - the funds will be distributed among the nine families of the children who were at the party

Swifties for Southport - a fundraiser for the Alder Hey Children's charity, which supports the victims and the affected families, as well as first responders and clinicians. Extra funds will also support the wider Southport community

Fundraiser for the Southport Mosque - a fundraiser to aid rebuilding or possibly re-locating the Southport Mosque after the damages it suffered during the riots

Rebuilding Windsor Mini Mart - fundraiser to rebuild the locally-owned grocery store that was targeted during the attacks, broken into, and looted

Liverpool:

Fundraiser for the Spellow Hub - the Spellow Hub was broken into, looted and set on fire at night during the riots. The Spellow Hub is a newly created one-of-a-kind (in the UK) institution, which consists of a library as well as a community centre with a mission to help people get education and pathways to work

Books for Spellow Lane - another fundraiser for the library in the Spellow Hub, to replace the books and rebuild the library there

Hartlepool:

Fundraiser for the Nasir Mosque - the Nasir Mosque was attacked following Southport riots; this fundraiser is organised by Hartlepool citizens to help the mosque deal with the damages as well as to show appreciation for the role of the mosque in the community. edit: the funds will be also distributed to the local community!

Rebuilding the Farm Shop - the shop was targeted during the riots, and when the owner and his son tried to protect it, they were also violently attacked. The fundraiser is to help fix the damages to the store.

Sunderland:

help rebuild Citizens Advice Sunderland offices after arson - two of the Citizens Advice Sunderland offices were set on fire during the riots, and one of them is completely destroyed.

Hull:

Hull Help for Refugees - a local fundraiser to support the Hull Help for Refugees charity, the donated money will be re-distributed to community members affected by the riots

Fundraiser for Hull Help for Refugees and Welcome House in Hull - collected money will be donated to the two charities

Belfast:

rebuilding the Sahara Shisha Cafe, now also other businesses affected by the riots - the Sahara Shisha Cafe was targeted by the far right in Belfast during the riots. The fundraiser for the Cafe was very generously supported, so now the collected money will also go to support other affected businesses in the area

Middlesbrough:

Supporting residents after the riots - Middlesbrough has suffered so much during the riots, lots of businesses as well as just regular family homes were vandalised, had their windows smashed or even were broken into. This fundraiser wants to distribute the funds between affected people to help them fix the damages, and to generally support the local community. the newest fundraiser, imo potentially the most urgent one

Fundraiser for a Care worker's car which was set on fire - a car belogning to an employee of a care agency was set on fire during the riots while he was on shift at a care home.

If you want to donate locally but there is no fundraiser to support where you live, consider donating to your local charities oriented towards Muslim or Arab communities, or towards refugee organizations! And go support your local Muslim/Arab/Refugee owned businesses!

If you have any information about other local fundraisers, feel free to add to the post or don't hesitate to let me know and I will add them here! We have seen so much hate in the past few days, we have to stay strong and keep supporting each other!

Stay safe everyone 💛

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zimmerman1 · 2 months

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