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Thanks for beautiful, moving, insightful posts.
Drawing of two friends, Susan Abulhawa, @susanabulhawa , and Katie Halper, @kthalps . Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian novelist and human rights activist, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, author of "Mornings in Jenin." Katie Halper hosts The Katie Halper Show and co-hosts Useful Idiots. Photo at /p/DXF6wm7DaLW
Ballpoint pen drawing of Misan Harriman, @misanharriman , British photographer and humanitarian.
“WCNSF. This an acronym unique to Gaza. ‘Wounded Child, No Surviving Family.’”
“Imagine waking up, in abject pain, because both your limbs have been removed without pain relief. Much of your body is covered in burns, and mummy’s gone, daddy’s gone, your brothers and sisters are gone, your grandparents are gone. And you are this ball of pain. Who cognitively doesn’t know what a nation state is. You didn’t even have time to develop to have that sense of identity. You just knew safety and love Sunsets on the beach. And family. The amazing thing is that example is not in isolation. Wounded Child, No Surviving Family. At scale.”
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“Unleashing more trauma will never defeat or improve past traumas.” /reels/DXfONgYjN40/
A Redditor named Fancy_Package2677 wanted to be drawn a few weeks ago. I used blue pencil but it looks a bit better in whatever this color is. Tattoos are hard.
Jean Stafford, who wrote "Children Are Bored on Sundays." I did this drawing in 2020--it felt like a breakthrough at the time. I discovered how much I like drawing wild outriggers of hair
“I think what we’re seeing now is even worse that what my grandfather and uncles, that generation, went through. They were displaced. Many people were killed—fifteen thousand Palestinians were killed. We’ve had three or four times that number killed in Gaza alone so far.”
“This is a systematic attempt to make Gaza unlivable. To immiserate that population.” Rashid Khalidi, Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, author of The Iron Cage and The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.
