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Ola's Family Call for your Support Amid Crisis

https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-olas-pursuit-of-education-amid-crisis

"But the issue with this is not only like kind of the psychological damage that is imbued on the child himself or herself or themselves, but it’s also about the distance that is created between our men and women and our children, and the separation that happens.

We act as though these children are just alien figures that are just existing against the backdrop of this senseless conflict when in fact they have been part and parcel of the Palestinian struggle in more ways in more ways than one.

So you know there’s a lot to say about the topic of children, but it ultimately falls into this category of creating these myths, trying to find something that will resonate with certain audiences and creating an industry out of it in the hopes that in the long term it could be effective.

But we’ve seen the strategy, time and time again, backfire. Not only do we see the snipers attacking children, shooting them in the head killing them as they play soccer on the beach, but something as simple as children’s art can be banned. I think shrinking ourselves to like the framework of innocence, which is associated with children, is ultimately shooting ourselves in the foot."

~Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide
Hanna Phifer in Conversation with the Author of “Perfect Victims” [lithub.com]

Help Raneen and her family get out of Gaza

https://www.gofundme.com/f/rpfpy-help-raneen-and-her-family-get-out-of-gaza

Games for Watermelon Bundle [itch.io]

"This is a charity game bundle I’ve organized with my friends at Vietnamese-Canadian fundraising organisation Letters for Watermelon to support two families in Palestine.

50% of the proceeds will go to the first family and the other 50% will go to the other."

https://itch.io/b/2550/games-for-watermelon-bundle