I Run A Fundraising Shop Where I Sell Palestine Related Designs And All Income Goes To Keeping My Best

I've made a bunch of poppy designs, but the Faqqua iris is the more official national flower of Palestine, I figured I should do something with it too. You can find the above design here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS are for my Palestinian best friend, to take care of his loved ones. He will donate any his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with. He's hoping to donate most of it if possible, he always gives everything he can to those in need, which is really impressive because he has never had much for himself in his life. He's always the first person to buy food for the homeless people outside the cafe, or send a paycheck home to help his relatives, or bring food and supplies to a labor action. I currently have his nice coat because he put it on me when I was cold and told me to keep it (I'm going to wash it and give it back anyway, haha). Outside of a few sentimental possessions most of his stuff ends up being given away sooner or later to someone he thinks needs it more.

He felt weird about accepting this charity at first, I had to convince him to hold onto the money from this fundraiser for his own loved ones (some of whom are definitely in a really precarious position) rather than give it all away to charities immediately. He's so generous, even to his own detriment sometimes. You guys, I'm feeling really emotional today, I love him so fucking much. God I hope things get better soon.

Anyway, this design is kinda small so mostly for stickers but available on some other things too. Here are some examples:

You can find my full shop here. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Here's a small sample of some of my other work:

Also to my fellow grad students, our department is currently working on making an easier path for grads to bow out of research they have a moral objection to, in addition to putting together a statement on Palestine. If you have a lot of colleagues on your side and particularly if you're in a program like engineering, physics, astronomy or applied math (with a lot of military applications) you should try to see where your funding is coming from and support grads in divesting from ethically questionable research. I won't say too much about what we're doing because I don't want to risk doxing my friend, but here are some examples of statements from grads at the Goldman School of Public Policy and the UCSC Astronomy Department. We (STEM students in particular) are the next generation of minds behind the military-industrial complex; let's make participation in the war machine unpopular.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in my fundraiser so far!

I think this 1897 Verneuil print makes for a really pretty T-shirt pattern! (via "Cicada and Macaw Print by Maurice Pillard Verneuil" Graphic T-Shirt for Sale by FairieDance)

I want everyone to know you all have permission to use my art for your own profile photos, posts, flyers, etc. Crediting me would be great but is not required (I understand if you're making a flyer for an event for example having a bunch of extra text on there can clutter up the design). Any use of my art to raise awareness for Palestine is good! Do NOT sell my work or claim it as your own though (and please credit if someone asks you) and please do not attempt to replicate my products. ALL SALES are for my fundraiser for my Palestinian best friend.

Here are some examples of a few of my designs, Redbubble shows everything pretty low resolution to deter theft so if you want to use something you'll want to copy it from my Tumblr:

My shop is found here and I have posters, shirts, stickers, magnets, notebooks and a ton of other things. Each design is available on a lot of different products besides the default Redbubble shows you, click on each product or click on "explore designs" to see more options.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out!

I'm glad this design was approved in time for today. It's the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Candles have for obvious reasons been associated with this day in many traditions throughout history. They're also associated with mourning and vigil. As we celebrate our various winter traditions, let's remember the millions of people in Gaza now facing the darkest day of the year without light (or food, water and shelter). As you light your candles let them serve also as vigil for those we have lost and the horrors the living still face. Around the candle I placed poppies, olives and an orange, all symbols of Palestine, along with a scrap of paper with the Arabic name (فلسطين).

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from this design are for my Palestinian best friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. The West Bank violence has been hitting his family particularly hard.

You can find this design here. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options). I try to make stuff in a wide variety of styles so there's something for everyone.

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far.

Hey, whoever is sending me messages, that feature is completely broken on my account for some reason, I've never been able to see or read any of them, sorry

Some pins from my fundraising shop:

As always EVERYTHING I EARN from my shop is for my best friend, a Palestinian grad student living in America. The money is sent home to support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.

I haven't posted about how he's doing in a while so here is a brief update if anyone was wondering. He's been quite miserable (more than usual even) since the escalation into Lebanon, he has family there too, but he's hanging in there. They're safe for now and we really hope the ceasefire in a couple hours actually happens and lasts. He also got injured not long after the escalation which really messed up his usual coping mechanisms (running/going to the gym), but he's recovering well now and we're at least lifting weights again. Despite the stress he's still doing impressive things with his research, and working crazy hours at it. He's supervising and mentoring several younger students on top of his own work and doing an amazing job of keeping it together for them, I'm so proud of him. He's the strongest and nicest person I've ever met and I know he's going to do amazing things with his life.

Anyway, you can find all my art in my shop HERE. There are a lot of other product options besides pins as well (shirts, stickers, notebooks, bags, etc). To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Here is a sample of my stuff on other products:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We greatly appreciate all the support and we hope you are enjoying your purchases.

A new design for my fundraiser, shown here as a sticker. You can find it here.

As usual ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my Palestinian best friend to help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

Here are some examples of some other products:

You can find my full shop here. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design.

Here is a sample of some of my other stuff:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far! We really appreciate your help and we hope you are enjoying your purchases!

These stickers are edited photos of the keffiyeh my best friend gave me soon after things started up back in October.

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from this design are for this Palestinian friend, to help his girlfriend afford to join him safely in America and to help his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.

You can buy this designs on various products (shirts, stickers, etc) here and here. All designs found here (Redbubble will show you a random product, click on each to see more product options).

I would also like to advertise this poppy and this keffiyeh wearing kitten again, since they have had really great sticker sales this week:

My friend is such a sweet person and it's been heartbreaking seeing him so constantly stressed out and sad these past couple of months. It's been really nice to be able to at least help with the financial burden. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far!

Sorry if I have made a mistake, but isn't Al Aqsa mosque often used colloquially to refer to the entire mosque compound, including the Dome of the Rock? I know that it's not the prayer hall but I thought the name was regularly extended to everything within the compound.

From what I can find (can't really read Arabic though so looking more at English sources) it is often considered Zionist strategy to focus on the dome/downplay the rest of the compound, but most (though admittedly not all) Islamic sources I saw stress that the entire compound is still Al Aqsa, including the dome. Some were actually quite adamant that the dome, main prayer hall, other prayer halls and all other parts indoors and outside be included as part of the mosque so the occupation cannot as easily claim control of or destroy parts of it. I believe the Arabic language Wikipedia for example is taking that stance in defining المسجد الأقصى in the "اعتقادات خاطئة عن حدوده بسبب الاحتلال" section (will ask my fluent friends later to confirm though, I am still a beginner and very far from fluent).

I will add "compound" to the original post though, regardless of the Arabic nomenclature that definitely captures the meaning better in English, thank you for pointing it out. I unfortunately can't add it to the shop though because I've run up against Redbubble's 8 word title limit.

Palestine Brushstroke Designs

Three brushstroke overlay photos, two of the Al-Aqsa Mosque Dome of the Rock and one of the Palestinian flag.

For those who haven't seen my posts yet, my best friend (the nicest person I have EVER met, hands down) is Palestinian, and a lot of his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the increasing Israeli raids in the the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries. ALL PROCEEDS from these designs will go first and foremost to helping his girlfriend afford to join him in America safely, and after that helping his other loved ones weather this war.

These designs are found in my collection here on stickers, shirts, mugs, etc, along with all of my other work. New stuff being added pretty much daily. The first two should be live now, the last is waiting for approval and will probably be up by tomorrow.

I'd also like to point out the three designs that have received the most attention on Redbubble so far:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out!

A new edit of one of my older designs. Found in my fundraising shop here (I mostly made this one for stickers but it is also available on a few other things like shirts and tote bags).

As always ALL PROCEEDS from my shop are for my best friend who is Palestinian. The extra income will help him support his friends and family in Palestine and around the rest of the Levant who are being hurt directly and/or financially by the attacks on Gaza, the raids and economic devastation in the West Bank and the collateral damage in surrounding countries.

Here's a sample of some of my other work:

You can find my full shop HERE. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. Thank you to everyone for your support!

Also as usual please feel free to use my art for your own stuff (activism projects, posters, social media posts, whatever), just please don't try to profit off my work.