Tag: genocide

A Torturous Truth – The First Month of Life in Gaza After the Ceasefire

The story A Torturous Truth has been published by Dissident Voice magazine. It contains updates on many of the Gaza refugees I’ve written about in the past year and a half. You can find links to their individual fundraisers and contact info below. You can also purchase Gaza refugee Farah Kamal’s cookbook A Palestinian Feast by sending $10 to her friend’s PayPal and then messaging her on Instagram here or emailing her at fre7akamal122@gmail.com.

Fundraising info for all Palestinians mentioned in the article in order of appearance:

Omar Skaik: https://gofund.me/8d0008e04

Farah Kamal: https://gofund.me/1a347e047

Salah El-Din Youssef: https://gofund.me/011505d07

Mohammed Kassab: https://chuffed.org/project/122739-humanity-call-help-mohammad-kassab-find-a-shed-for-his-family

Mays Astal: Mays.ast@hotmail.com (for diplomatic help for relocation to another country from the West Bank)

Ali Lubbad: https://gofund.me/a608d3dd4

Maryam Hasanat: https://gofund.me/2745c5726 and her Dissident Voice articles

Yahya Al-Shaer: https://steunactie.nl/fundraiser/your-donation-even-if-it-is-small-will-save-us-from-starvation-in-gaza-1/-53599

Rawan Aljuaidi: https://gofund.me/fee92e443

Mary and the Boy Who Rebuilt Gaza

Mary and the Boy Who Rebuilt Gaza by Gaza refugee Maryam Hasanat and Eros Salvatore, focuses on both the decisions people have to make in tough situations, and their hope for the future when facing impossible odds.

You can read more articles by or about Maryam here on Dissident Voice magazine.

Maryam and her son Kamal in a refuge camp.

One Man’s Window Into A Rafah Refugee Camp – Moment Magazine

The American-Jewish magazine Moment did a piece on my online video meetings with Gaza refugees and those trying to help them. It’s called A Zoom Room With A View: One Man’s Window Into A Rafah Refugee Camp.

You can watch one of the Zoom meetings here

Below are Go Fund Me links to the refugees mentioned in the article.

The family of Diana Hamada at https://gofund.me/67eac389

The family of Samar and Omar Al-Sadi at https://gofund.me/d6a5dcb2

The family of Maryam Hasanat at https://gofund.me/9e6745b9

And my co-host for the meetings, Omar Skaik and his family at https://gofund.me/66dfcdb0

Also, among the refugees I am helping:

The family Rawan Al-Jadi. Rawan is in the eighth month of a pregnancy with medical complications. You can find out more at https://gofund.me/226de26a

The family of Alaa Jamal. Alaa is a widow and mother of two young children who lost most of her relatives, as well as her husband, during the war. Alaa has gone from 70kg (144lbs) to 52kg (114lbs) since the war started, and her children have had to go to the hospital to get treatment for severe malnutrition. Her three-year-old daughter Sanaa contracted Hepatitis A and can no longer eat on her own. You can find out more here:  https://gofund.me/d0591059