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My name is Malak, I am 18 years old, and I am a medical student. My dream has always been to complete my education and travel abroad to achieve my aspirations. However, the war has destroyed our lives and halted my educational journey. My family and I live in Tal Alhawa, Gaza, and we once had a happy life and a beautiful home.

My little brothers, my support and my beloved ones: Moataz, Moatasem & Fadel.

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My dad is Abdelhamid Dader, who used to work at a water station, and my mother is Mona Alanqar. I have siblings named Shahd, Moataz, Moatasem, and Fadel.

Moataz was killed in cold blood. He was a lifeline and a beating heart..

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Our house was burned and destroyed, forcing us to move 20 times in different areas in northern Gaza. My father was injured and couldn't receive the necessary treatment due to a lack of medical supplies and the difficulty of travel. My 15-year-old brother Moataz was killed :( by a missile while trying to fetch water, and my younger brother was injured in the same incident and also couldn’t get proper medical care.

Beautiful memories gathered here..

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This is what our house has turned into in this nightmare that we are still living.

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My father's job ended because of the war and his injury, and his workplace was destroyed. We spent all our savings, and now we cannot provide the basics of life as famine chases us in the north. My mother and younger brother contracted hepatitis due to pollution, poor nutrition, and lack of healthcare. We all suffer from fainting and loss of consciousness due to these diseases and malnutrition.

Part of the life I had in Faculty of Medicine..

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Moments of joy in excelling in success and obtaining a 99% average in high school.

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Now, we are fighting for a space to sleep among the rubble, and fighting to get water and food.

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I appeal to your kind hearts to help me and my family survive this tragedy. My dream is to complete my education abroad, get the necessary treatment for my family, and live a dignified life like other human beings.

Your donation, no matter how small, can change our lives and give us hope for a brighter future. This can help cover the costs of treatment and travel.

Share our story with your friends and family to raise awareness and support.

Pray to God to admit you to Paradise and compensate us with great goodness.. RIP

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Your words and prayers give us the strength to endure these difficult circumstances.

Thank you to everyone who stands with us in this hardship. Together, we can make a difference.

Malak and Her Family

Donate to Save Malak's Dreams and Family from Gaza, organized by Malak Dader
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Sincerely,

Malak and Her Family


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Help Basmala Rebuild Her Life and Achieve Her Dreams🕊️🇵🇸

Help Basmala Rebuild Her Life And Achieve Her Dreams
Help Basmala Rebuild Her Life And Achieve Her Dreams
Help Basmala Rebuild Her Life And Achieve Her Dreams
Help Basmala Rebuild Her Life And Achieve Her Dreams

Hello, my name is Basmala Almadhoun, and I’m 19 years old. I come from a family of seven. In 2023, I graduated from high school with a score of 91%, and I had planned to pursue my dream of studying dentistry at university. I had always imagined spending my days studying hard and working toward a brighter future. Unfortunately, I never got the chance to experience any of that, as the war in Gaza shattered my dreams.

The university I was going to attend was completely destroyed 😔💔in a bombing, and since then, my family and I have been living through unimaginable hardships. The Israeli army ordered civilians to evacuate their homes and head to the south of Gaza for safety. My family and I first sought refuge at Al-Nasr Children's Hospital in the north, then moved to my sister’s house in Jabalia. However, just after we arrived, a neighboring house was bombed, partially destroying my sister's home, and we narrowly escaped with our lives.

On November 15, 2023, we were forced to move once again, this time to Deir al-Balah, where we are now living in a small tent, as if we’ve gone back 50 years in time. We cook over an open fire, wash our clothes by hand, and survive without electricity, gas, or the internet. Prices are high, and we can barely afford basic necessities like food, cleaning supplies, and clothing. My father lost his job, leaving us with no source of income.😭💔

An entire year of my life has been lost, and so has my dream. By now, I should have completed my first year of university. I am asking for help not just to survive, but to rebuild my life and future.

Why do I need help?

To reunite my family and help us temporarily relocate to a safe place.

To have hope for a new beginning and a chance to recover from the devastation of war.

To rebuild our home and find proper shelter.

To resume my studies abroad and finally pursue my dream of studying dentistry at a prestigious university.

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Please help me and my family escape this war and give us the opportunity to live safely and rebuild our lives.🙏🕊️🇵🇸

Donate to Help Mohammed Almadhoun and his Family evacuat from Gaza, organised by Loria Rahime
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Campaign Title: Help for the Jehad aldahdooh Family: From Gaza to Hope🇵🇸

Hello, I am Jehad aldahdooh.

I am writing to you today with a heart full of both hope and pain .

My family lived in Gaza, but due to ongoing conflict and random bombing, we were forced to flee our homes multiple times .

Donate to To rebuild our house and all the belongings that were destro, organized by Jehad Aldahdooh
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I am displaced from the Gaza Strip to the south. My family an… Jehad Aldahdooh needs your support for To rebuild our house and all the belon

•Our house, which we used to live in and which had beautiful memories, was destroyed.

Campaign Title: Help For The Jehad Aldahdooh Family: From Gaza To Hope

Each time, we hoped to find safety, but unfortunately, we lost some of our dear family members .

•This our land has been destroyed and vandalized.

Campaign Title: Help For The Jehad Aldahdooh Family: From Gaza To Hope

Despite everything we have been through, we still have hope for a new beginning .

However, we are now facing significant challenges in securing basic necessities such as food , housing , and education for our children .

Any donation from you, no matter how small, will make a big difference and contribute to changing our lives for the better .

•Our gallery, which was our source of livelihood and sustenance, has been destroyed as if life itself has been ripped from our hands.

Campaign Title: Help For The Jehad Aldahdooh Family: From Gaza To Hope

We ask for your support during this difficult time.

Your assistance will give us hope and provide us with a chance to achieve stability and live with dignity after all we have endured .

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your understanding and support as we embark on this journey towards a new beginning .

•This warehouse was completely destroyed

Campaign Title: Help For The Jehad Aldahdooh Family: From Gaza To Hope

Any support, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in my life and my family's as we seek safety.🙏🇵🇸🕊

With heartfelt regards,

Jehad aldahdooh

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Donate to To rebuild our house and all the belongings that were destro, organized by Jehad Aldahdooh
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The story of Ahmed Al-Saidi

My name is Ahmed AlSaidi, I currently live in Gaza Strip under this horrifying war with my wife, 3 children, my elderly parents and my brothers Osama, Moatasim, and Mohammed with their families.

We once lived in safety and peace, each having their own home which provided us with happiness, warmth, and love. I was working as a dental technician and supporting my family.

But after the war started on the 7th of October, we were under bombing, dead bodies were every where, so we were forced to leave our house a night before it was under bombing, it was a miracle that we remained alive. We were forced to be displaced many times and now we live in tents in Deir al-Balah. Our conditions now are miserable and unhuman without any income and thus we are unable to provide life essentials to our families such as medicine, clothing, cleaning products and food for our children. Every thing becomes more expensive. The lack of hygiene, water and living in tents with sand and insects caused a lot of diseases, like skin rash, hepatitis b, fever, and cold.

This horrific war destroyed our lives, taking away our homes, jobs, safety, and tragically claiming many of our relatives. So we created this campaign to:

1_Provide medical care for my eldery parents who are suffering from many chronic diseases, high blood pressure, and heart problems.

2. Provide urgent health treatment to Qusay, a 4 years old child who has speech problem and need psychological and speech therapy.

3. Provide essential living needs to survive, like food, clothes, water to drink, and medicine.

4. Winter is coming and we urgently need to move from the tents and rent a house to protect our children from cold.

The Story Of Ahmed Al-Saidi
The Story Of Ahmed Al-Saidi

£127 raised of £30,000 goal 

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The campaign has been verified by me.

Donate to Save our lives to survive the war on Gaza, organized by Ahmed Al-Saidi
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Welcome

I would like to tell you that I am from Gaza, where we now live under bombs, explosives, and warplanes from which we cannot sleep for many nights, and other things. This war has destroyed our bodies, our lives, and our souls. It has destroyed our homes, taken everything from us, destroyed all places, changed all landmarks, and changed our situation for the worse. We used to live fine. And peace and love of life, and here we live in hunger, fear, and terror, me, my children, and the rest of my family, and we do not have the minimum necessities for life, and we live in very dilapidated tents.We do not know how to act when winter comes upon us. We will be drowned by the rain and wind, and I will not know how to protect my children or my family, neither from the bombing nor from the winter. Therefore, I beg you to help me so that I, my children, and my family can live and survive this hideous war

tabarae bimablagh basit w law b 10$ .

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Are you waiting for us to be killed and exterminated? 🍉💔

Are You Waiting For Us To Be Killed And Exterminated?

Can you bear the toothache 🥹

The bombing is surrounding us and there is no safe place to go 💔

To the innocent and the merciful, it is about humanity 😞

Save me from the massacres and certain death!! We may not survive in the coming hours 😞

Don't leave me and my family under genocide 🥹

Donate to me so I can escape the hell of war and undergo my surgeries and go to safety outside Gaza❤️

I hope everyone donates 20 or 30 dollars, it will make a difference for us so we can start a new life outside the stricken Gaza, where we cannot afford the travel costs, and the costs of my treatment ❤️🍉🍉

Share my posts because this will speed up our rescue process ❤️

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The Cost of Your Silence !!!

The Cost Of Your Silence !!!

Your silence is allowing these atrocities and massacres in Palestine to continue. The bloody violence against innocent people persists because of it. Ten months have passed—YES, TEN MONTHS—and the genocide continues, as does the silence. Enough is enough! Enough silence, enough genocide, and enough killing. Gaza deserves better. We deserve a better life, and you deserve to be heard.

Every krone brings us closer to safety. Every share and every reblog helps us reach someone new who might be able to support us. If you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing our story with your followers and online communities. Your voice matters, and together, we can make a difference.

You may not be able to protect us directly, but you can amplify our message and RESCUE us from death by donating and spreading our story. If you know of any forums, groups, or networks that could help, please share our story with them.

To everyone who has already shared or donated, thank you. Even the smallest contribution can make a significant impact. Our story is your story. Please continue to donate and share, and help us reach those who can make a difference.

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Listed as number 282 in "The Vetted Gaza Evacuation Fundraiser Spreadsheet" compiled by @el-shab-hussein and @nabulsi : Link

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Important note: Donation value: ** 105 Swedish krona is just 10$ ** 1050 SEK is just 100$ ** 10500 SEK is just 1000 $

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people have been reblogging my old pakistani miku art from four years ago so i just want people to know i can draw better now


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where are you?

do you really exist?

where is humanity?

please consider me and my brothers as your children, we were not like that, we were from a high-class family and we became psychologically shattered and our dreams were destroyed after the war destroyed everything we owned, please read our story،Do not hesitate to donate because we are very tired. May God bless you and reward you. Do not worry, our campaign has been verified. If you also want to verify, message me privately. This is our link, dear.👇

Donate to Please help us get out of life's crises and the woes of war., organized by Etaf Alqattaa
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Donate to Help Zinh Rebuild Her Life and Achieve Her Dream, organized by Miranda Harris
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Donate to Help Zinh Rebuild Her Life and Achieve Her Dream, organized by Miranda Harris
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Hey guys! This is important so please dont scroll past this.

Wafaa's old blog got shadowbanned, and its just yet another example of how far tumblr will go to silence palestinians when theyre already struggling to get by because of illness, starvation and the constant violence. It should alarm you just how frequent this is becoming with palestinian bloggers having to remake 3-4 times when theyre already living through the worst things imaginable.

If you don't know who she is, Wafaa Alnhal is a woman in her 40s who had left for Egypt a little after the occupation attacked for medical treatment. She has since been working hard to spread her campaign and evacuate her family who she had to leave behind in Gaza, despite her own ongoing struggle with her health issues and making rent.

Initially her goal for her gfm had been 35k, but recently she's had to raise it to 50k because her daughter has gotten hepatitis from the polluted water in Gaza. Her family is suffering- all 15 of them including 4 young children and a newborn baby- and they will have to live with the damage for the rest of their lives. It's taking its toll on Wafaa too, who's had to neglect her own health and wellbeing to raise funds for them.

She's made a new blog @wafs-posts and you all should follow her there to get updates from her on the situation directly. You should be listening to her instead of hearing this from me.

Her gfm is currently at 12k/50k

Donate to Please save Waffaa and her children from Gaza, organized by Yasmin Hadscho
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They still have a long way to go, so please dont let tumblrs censorship slow them down

Her campaign has been verified, and there is a raffle being conducted (by @/ibtisams) to raise funds for her campaign so please give it a look, and consider taking part there are some truly beautiful journals to be won.

Please follow the raffles for palestine account and take a look at the other artwork thats up for grabs too!


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🚨🚨I Don't Want To Lose My little Son!!!

because of the war my son is suffering from a chest crisis and shortness of breath, unfortunately he can't breathe normally 😭

Your Donation is our last hope to save our little son

My Compaign verfied by 90 ghost, North Gaza updated and butterfly project line no. 406

My compaign link

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-life-of-an-innocent-child

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Hello! I can't donate to you unfortunately so I will share instead!! I hope you reach your goal! May Allah protect you and your family!


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Help my life and my future

Welcome My name is Lina. I am 21 years old. I live in my beautiful city of Khan Yunis. I lived my best days there. I had hopes and dreams that I was striving to achieve. I had my beautiful university that built my dreams and I wanted to establish my life with my successes in it until the war began on the 7th of October and our lives were turned upside down. We were displaced from our homes on the 23rd of January, and here our journey began, our torment in the tents, as we were displaced in the winter, and the rain was drowning us and making us wet day and night. We lived with 9 people in one tent with an area of ​​3 in length and 3 and a half in width. It is very narrow because my family is large and we are I do not have the financial capacity to buy a new, larger tent. We remained in the torment of the rain and drowned in the tent until the summer season began and our new journey of torment began with the heat, the chub, the insects and the poisonous snakes.

I was exposed to many diseases during this period to the point that I wished for death from the severity of pain and illness. Throughout this period we had hope of returning to our homes until news came to us that the Israeli occupation had bombed and bulldozed our house, and here despair prevailed and misery and sadness took over us. How could it not, when I had I lost the house that contains my memories, my dreams, my clothes, and my books, and I lost my university, which has always been my second home and a source of my hopes and dreams. Nothing can describe the amount of my pain. Please help me rebuild our house so that our journey of suffering will end and so that I can travel outside Gaza and complete study my university education. Build a decent life for me😭😭😭

Donation link

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Not An Ordinary Cucumber! This Cucumber Was Smuggled With One Of The Truck Drivers From The South Of

Not an ordinary cucumber! This cucumber was smuggled with one of the truck drivers from the south of the Gaza Strip to the city of Azza. I was lucky to get it as a valuable gift from my husband’s friend. Then I decided to give it to my mother, who kept it for a day and then sent it to my sister, who divided it into two halves. Half I made a salad with and the other half I shared. With her neighbor. One smuggled cucumber was happily eaten by 15 people. Today my nephew Ahmed came to me and said to me: “Auntie, can I tell you a secret? Yesterday we ate cucumbers.” Azza

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Surrounded by drawings of COVID-19 particles of various sizes, it says “THE BASICS: COVID-19 is a viral illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, and primarily spreads through the air.” The first endnote appears, signified here as e1. It continues “A single infection - even a “mild” one - can severely damage nearly every organ system in your body. Each additional infection risks further harm to your immune system, lungs, heart, brain, guts, and reproductive organs, and can result in permanent disability or death. e2
About 75% of all adults e3 (and at least 30% of children e4) are at a high risk of developing severe SARS-COV-2.
If you’ve ever had COVID-19, EVEN ONCE, you are now high risk.” It then says “THE VIRUS:” and shows “SARS- COV- 2” separated into it’s three parts. A bubble connected to SARS says “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome”. A bubble connected to COV says “Corona Virus (crown-shaped, round with spikes)”. And the bubble connected to 2 says “similar to 2002-2003 SARS-CoV outbreak”. A cartoony character with dense curls pulled into a ponytail sniffs and then starts to build up to a sneeze. And then again, it says “THE ILLNESS:” and splits up “COVID 19” the same way. A bubble connected to CO says “corona”, the one connected to the VI says “virus”, and to the D says “disease”. And for 19 it says “discovered in 2019”.
Large hand-drawn text reads “COVID-19 is an AIRBORNE ILLNESS e5” over that same curly haired character from the last page sneezing with a big “KACHOO!” We see a large billow of mist and droplets. A measurement in meters is below, showing larger droplets dropping in the first couple meters and the more misty particles continuing to 6 meters. In a box below, text reads “ It spreads when infected people exhale, cough, or sneeze plumes of tiny RESPIRATORY PARTICLES. You can shed hundreds of viruses in a single minute, just by breathing. e6 And sneezing can send viral gunk flying up to 6m (20ft)! Once they’re in the air, the tiniest RPs can linger in poorly ventilated spaces for HOURS...invisible to the naked eye. e7,e8”
A bubble points at a loose collection of little circular drops of different sizes, aiming at the bigger circles. The bubble reads “DROPLETS...are barely visible globs of fluid that drift to the ground.”. Another bubble points to tiny drops “AEROSOLS...are microscopic blobs, so light they float.”
Large text reads “What’s inside a respiratory particle?” next to a cute little self portrait looking through a magnifying glass, and then an arrow which shows the particle bigger, with a ball labeled “SARS-COV-2” and little squiggles labeled “mucus”. An arrow leads us to an even bigger particle, which has the ropey squiggles and spiked SARS-COV-2, but also little dots labeled “dust” and translucent blobs labeled “lung fluid”.
Text to the side reads “RPs are made up of lung fluids, mucus, & saliva, as well as contaminants like dust, bacteria, & viruses. e9
When a COVID-19 contagious person exhales, they send out lungfuls of SARS-CoV-2, hidden inside aerosols & droplets. e10 Aerodynamic aerosols carry the highest dose of viruses and are the most dangerous to inhale. e11
The particles protect their passengers as they fly through the air, ready to be inhaled by someone new.”
Bubble text at the top says “SYMPTOMS” and text below it says “COVID-19’s ACUTE PHASE symptoms start about 3-6 days after infection, & last about 12-14 days. e12 Symptoms & periods of contagiousness can differ by variant, but include… e13”
Below a bunch of words in bubbles are illustrated by cartoony figures. “EXHAUSTION, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE” is illustrated by a miserable head with little confusing and pain indications around it. A head hacking into their hand illustrates “COUGHING, SNEEZING, RUNNY NOSE”. A leaning figure has little stars and shapes shooting out of joints their joints as they say “ow”, illustrating “SORENESS, FEVER, CHILLS”. A figure that seems sick to their stomach and barely holding in vomit as their digestive system is illustrated inside represents “NAUSEA, VOMITING, ABDOMINAL PAIN”. “DIARRHEA” is off on it’s own, unillustrated, but might as well be that last figure too. And a confused head disgusted at the taste of an apple represents “LOSS OF SMELL AND/OR TASTE”.
Below, text says “Then again, you could be one of the 32-50% of people with COVID-19 who are… e14, e15” And then next to a silly drawing of a person frolicking and singing: “CONTAGIOUS WITH NO SYMPTOMS”’
“SEVERE SYMPTOMS” it says in big text surrounded by little alert symbols. A drawing of a figure in distress is shown, looking to be gasping for breath as they hold a hand to their neck. A bubble points towards their lungs that says “STRAINED AND/OR RAPID BREATHING, WHEEZING”, another bubble points at the heart that reads “CHEST PAIN AND/OR PRESSURE”, and a third bubble points at the bottom of the lungs that says “PNEUMONIA (fluid in the lungs)”.
Below, an arrow points at the darkened lungs and leads back to a large bubble with the text “HYPOXEMIA: COVID-19 can impair O2 flow to your blood, even without obvious breathing issues. LOW BLOOD OXYGEN symptoms can cause organ failure and even death w/o treatment. Measure BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS at home with a PULSE OXIMETER:” It then shows a little drawing of a finger going into a pulse oximeter, and continues “91-94% = concerning, 90% and under = emergency!!”
Underneath it says “WARNING: Oximeters may give FALSELY HIGH READINGS to people with dark skin &/or painted nails. E16” It then says “Hypoxemia symptoms include:” A troubled and confused head illustrates “CONFUSION AND/OR DISORIENTATION”. A beating heart represents “RACING HEART”. Nothing seems to illustrate “INABILITY TO WAKE UP OR STAY AWAKE”. And then “CYANOSIS” is explained by smaller text “PALE, GREY, or BLUE-TINTED TONGUE, LIPS, &/or NAILBEDS, depending on skintone. E17” and illustrated by a shaded mouth, fingertips, and a toenail. At the bottom it concludes “ALL THESE REQUIRE EMERGENCY HOSPITALIZATION!”
“HOW COVID SPREADS” it says in large letters above the text “There are 3 main ways that viruses hiding in respiratory particles enter our bodies: 1) INHALATION, 2) DIRECT CONTACT and 3) INDIRECT CONTACT”
The page underneath this text is filled with a splash image of a chubby, shadowy figure breathing in mist and particles as we see the particles descend down the trachea and into their lungs. Couples sit across from each other at tables in the background, letting off gusts of air.
A bubble pointing to the inhaling mouth says “#1 INHALATION: The vast majority of COVID-19 infections start by breathing in aerosols. e18 In crowded, poorly ventilated spaces, you can inhale an infectious dose in minutes! People working or living in places like this are in constant danger of severe infection. e19, e20”
A Black femme with close-cut hair puts their arm over the shoulder of an Arab friend with short, loose curls, as they blow out air that flows all around them. A bubble pointing towards their visualized sinuses reads “#2 DIRECT CONTACT: Viral aerosols/droplets can also collide directly with your MUCOUS MEMBRANES. e21 Those are the layers of soft, wet cells lining your nose, mouth, eyes, respiratory tract, etc.”
Another balloon points at a beer bottle being handed from one of the friends to the other, it reads “#3 INDIRECT CONTACT: Much less likely to infect, but still possible: You get respiratory particles on your hands, & then transfer them to your mouth/nose/eyes. e22”
In large, stylized handwriting it says “When you breathe in…” above a drawing of the respiratory system. Smaller text continues next to the drawing “......air enters your RESPIRATORY TRACT, rushing down your TRACHEA (aka windpipe) before splitting off into the twin BRONCHI of the lungs.” On the drawing itself you can see this happening, with an arrow pointing to the tube that leads to the lungs labeled “trachea” and another arrow pointing at little dots traveling through it labeled “respiratory particles”. Below, it shows the lungs as hollow and filled with branch-like shapes, with the label “bronchi” pointing at the base of the branching shape.The text continues next to the drawing “Most of the tract is lined with undulating “hairs” called CILIA, which are coated with a slimy layer of protective MUCUS.
They work together to capture pathogens (bacteria, viruses, mold) and irritating particles (pollen, dust) in clumps of gunk you then eject by coughing &/or sneezing.” 
A detailed panel shows a mess of long pointy shapes moving around each other like a coral reef. A label calls those long shapes “cilia” and thin squiggling lines that coalesce around them it labels “mucus”. Tiny dots of white that float around and collect around the mucus are labeled “SARS-COV-2”. Text beside the panel continues “But even if these defenses manage to snag the particles, they haven’t neutralized the real threat hidden inside.” And then, beside a drawing of an orb breaking apart and little particles flying out it says “The droplets and aerosols start to dissolve in the warm, wet environment of the respiractory tract...and the SARS-CoV-2 viruses break free!  They kick off the initial COVID-19 infection by attacking any nearby cells.23”. A little SARS-COV-2 particle in the drawing says “wee!”
Text reads “SARS-CoV-2 uses SPIKE PROTEINS like lockpicks to trick cells into “unlocking” their outer membranes.” A drawing beside it illustrates it with a ball covered with irregular knobby outcroppings it labels “spike proteins”. The ball seems to be rolling over an indistinct surface and connecting with little Y shaped outcroppings that are labeled “cell receptor”. 
The text continues “Once inside, the viruses re-program the cells to pump out more viruses. They swell until they burst, spreading viruses everywhere. e24” A drawing shows a cartoony cell with a face getting a tiny ball stuck to it, which confuses it. Then we see the cell looking sick, and then barfing up more little SARS-COV-2 balls.
“VACCINES” it says in a black bar with a drawing of a syringe spurting out drops. Text explains “Most COVID-19 vaccines teach our immune systems to create defensive ANTIBODIES that lock onto the spikes, rendering them useless.” And next to the text there’s a drawing of this happening. Little Y shapes labeled “antibody” fly at the SARS-COV-2 virus and connect with the spikes on the ball. Cell receptors at the bottom seem to be being kept at bay by this extra bit of mass.
The text continues “Antibodies don’t stop every single virus, but they make a difference! Vaccinated people have much better chances of surviving initial infections. e25
But now we’re dealing with 5 years worth of dangerously mutated VIRAL VARIANTS like Delta, Omicron, Pirola, & FLiRT! Our outdated antibodies can’t lock onto all the newfangled spike proteins anymore...e26
...So infections keep spreading, and scientists race to keep up with booster vaccines that can handle the latest variants.”
A drawing of overlapping branch shapes takes over the top of the page, each branch getting narrower and narrower until it gets to something like “leaves”. A circle around that “leafy” area points to a zoomed in version at the bottom of the page. We see there that the “leaves” were actually more akin to bunches of grapes at the ends of the branches.
Stylized handwritten text announces them as “Bronchioles”. Text underneath says “Once air reaches the lungs, it disperses through the BRONCHIAL TREE, where airways split into smaller and smaller BRONCHIOLES. Each bronchiole is tipped with ALVEOLI, clusters of flexible, interconnected ALVEOLAR SACS. Delicate capillaries wind between them, bringing blood to and fro.”
On the zoomed in drawing we see those details labeled. Veins and arteries wind around the branch-like bronchiole, and split into smaller capillaries. The whole “bunch” of grapes is labeled “alveoli” and the “grapes” are the “alveolar sacs”. We also see “aerosols” flow in through the brionchiole to the alveoli.
“Healthy Alveoli” it says in big text, next to a cross-section of an alveolar sac. We see a translucent feeling arrow flow in and split into multiple directions labeled “air flow in”. It comes over a honeycomb-like shape of different cells with shadows of nuclei inside of them. And at the cut edge, two arrows explain a narrow couple of layers between the cells and the air. These are labeled “thin fluid layer” and “semi-porous membrane”. Then below we see this membrane in action, as wiggly arrows bring CO2 out and O2 into a capillary. It’s labeled “gas exchange, CO2 out, o2 in” and we see a label along the same capillary that says “blood cells full of waste CO2” above the gas exchange, and then at the other end “oxygenated blood cells”. We see the cells themself burst forth from the cut capillary surrounded by fluid labeled “blood plasma”.
Text explains “Inside the alveolar sacs, fresh oxygen molecules travel through the separating membranes to swap places with waste carbon dioxide in the bloodstream. That’s another reason why the tinest aerosols are the most dangerous: they’re small enough to reach the alveoli and to use the gas exchange process to slip inside your blood. e27”
This large body of text starts off the page: “Our body launches into defensive action, but variants excel at turning our IMMUNE CELLS against themselves in an escalating CYTOKINE STORM. e28 Infected, dying cells release CYTOKINES (chemical signals) that summon immune cells...which get attacked by viruses, so they summon even MORE immune cells...! e29 The inflamed alveoli try to flush the invaders out with fluids, but that results in a suffocating state called PNEUMONIA. The swollen, pus-filled alveolar sacs struggle to continue exchanging O-CO through their damaged walls. Without treatment, this can end in death.”
Below, a diagram shows all of this happening. We see the inside of an alveolar sac that is being filled with “too much fluid!” as one bubble declares. And inside of the fluid, many little balls are coming up to one of the larger shapes at the wall of the sac, labeled “SARS-COV-2 infecting cells”. A few big blobby orbs are labeled “Immune cells”, and the little speckles that are flying away from one are labeled “Cytokines”. The one sending the cytokines looks unusual, suggesting infection, and another receiving the cytokines is attacking one of the cells on the cell wall. On the periphery of the wall where the semi-porous membrane was on the previous page, it’s much thicker, and text says “membrane’s getting too porous”. Little SARS-COV-2 circles are spilling through the wall and into a capillary. Where the virus is coming in, the walls of the capillary are thicker and an arrow points to it from a bubble, explaining “Cell lining swelling, blood cells coagulating e31 “. The big oblong blood cells flow by a lighter orb that’s extending little tentacle things at the wall of the capillary, causing it to swell. Text explains “Immune cell attacking healthy cell lining e30”. Another bubble points at the blood cells and says “02 starved blood cells”.
Stylized handwriting at the top says “Meanwhile…” and text continues “...SARS-CoV-2 spreads into the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, triggering dangerous MICRO CLOTS & attacking the ENDOTHELIAL LINING. e32 That’s the thin layer of cells lining every artery, vein, and capillary
that normally keeps all your blood and tissues functioning.” To the left, we see blood splashing out of vein and little SARS-COV-2 particles within it. The vein connects to a diagram of a brain below, and that down through thicker and thicker blood vessels until it reaches the heart. The text gets a little larger for emphasis here, and says “Vascular damage like this damages EVERY part of you.” In regular text below it continues “Even “mild” initial COVID-19 infections travel through the bloodstream to injure your BRAIN, HEART, & other critical organs - whether you notice that damage or not. e33” And arrow pointing at the brain leads to a zoomed in shot of spindly neurons covered with tiny circles, while another arrow shows a zoomed in shot of heart cells shows fibrous stretched forms covered with more little tiny circles. Arrows point at the tiny circles in both, and labels them “SARS-COV-2”.
Bubble letters say “LASTING EFFECTS” over a graph showing viral count over time. A label at the start says “infection” at the base of a steep curve with a little whistling and skipping person. Then at the peak, labeled “symptoms start” a person wrapped in a blanket coughs. About halfway back down the other side, a little triumphant person declares “all better!” This whole section is labeled “initial infection zone, aka COVID-19”. Then, from the period where the symptoms start to 3 months, it’s labeled “ambiguous ongoing symptoms zone” with a little drawing of a fallen over person going “ooogh…” A line curving up and down past the 1 month mark, the 3 month, the 3 year mark is labeled “Persistent, recurring symptoms zone, aka Long COVID”. Illustrating this period is an alarmed person in bed saying “not again…” and a person with a cane and a headache saying “how am I STILL SICK”.
A block of text begins below “At least 10-30% of people who survive COVID-19 report symptoms reappearing months or even YEARS later, regardless of their age or health. e36, e37, e38 Many have had their lives changed for the worse...maybe permanently.
Long COVID (aka POST-COVID SYNDROME or POST-ACUTE SEQUELAE OF SARS-COV-2) varies wildly from person to person, but lung damage, strokes, heart attacks, immune dysfunction, and debilitating exhaustion are common. We’re only just beginning to understand it as a POST-VIRAL ILLNESS like Shingles (caused by the Chickenpox virus) & AIDS (caused by HIV).
Vaccines lower the likelihood of long-term damage, but don’t eliminate it. e39 Long COVID hits marginalized people the hardest, and we often go undiagnosed & untreated due to systemic bigotry in healthcare. e40, e41, e42”
A drawing underneath shows a young child sweating in bed with a sleep mask over her eyes, and she says “can’t sit up… can’t talk… light & sound hurt…” and then in larger text “this sucks”
In large bold letters this page says “LONG COVID”. This page shows a chubby person with an undercut and facial hair using a cane and closing their hand in front of them. Inside of them we see various organs, muscles, and veins. An array of bubbles float near the affected body part, some pointing at them. Starting from the top, near the brain, the bubbles say “strokes and memory loss”, “migraines”, “new or worsening mental illness”, “extreme exhaustion, aka myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome”, “brain fog”, “loss of taste/smell”, “immune disorders”, “hearing loss”, “new or worsening cancers”, “joint pain”, “lung damage”, “rashes”, “heart attacks”, “MAST cell activation”, “new or worsening diabetes”, “kidney and liver failure”, “nerve pain”,  and “bowel damage”. Endnotes for this list are e43, e44, and e45.
Below, text says “As of 2024, we keep discovering new ways Long COVID damages the body, but we still don’t have a “cure”. There are many ways to treat the symptoms (primarily serious, extended REST e46, e47, e48), but no silver bullet to reverse damage.”
“THE DAMAGE GETS WORSE WITH EVERY NEW INFECTION” large text declares at the start of this page. Below, it explains “Most people don’t know that SARS-CoV-2 damage is CUMULATIVE. So every new infection raises the odds you’ll be hit by horrible new health complications that may become permanent. e49, e50 Even infections that feel like “just a cold” or “allergies” can cause trouble down the line. e51”
To the side, a graph shows the risk level of various effects measured by the number of infections. At 0 infections it shows a 1 risk level, and then various lines ascend at different rates as they go to 1, 2, and 3 infections, with the lowest ending at 2 risk level and the highest shooting up past 8. That highest line is labeled “hospitalization”, and the rest of the issues are arranged in order of most risk to least. They are labeled “ISSUES WITH YOUR...” “Kidneys”, “Heart”, “Blood”, “Lungs”, “Stomach / Intestines”, “Exhaustion”, “Diabetes”, “Mental”, “Neurological”, “Muscles / Skeleton”. e52
Text continues underneath “An easy or entirely asymptomatic initial infection may mean your immune system barely even activated to fight off the virus. Long after you recover from the “mild” symptoms, inactive viral debris can remain throughout your body. e53”
A sideways PET-scanned figure with shadows throughout the body, especially coalescing in the torso around the organs. It’s labeled “FDG-PET scan showing spike proteins in joints & blood vessels e54”
Text explains further below “These are VIRAL RESERVOIRS: Leftover viruses & spike proteins that collect in your muscles, bones, & organs, ready to reinfect you whenever your immune system gets stressed.”
“IMMUNE DYSREGULATION: COVID-19 infections can leave your immune system depleted and unable to fight off much of anything. e55 Exhausted T-cells can miss invading pathogens like bacteria or other viruses. They might even “reset” and forget how to handle infections they’ve fought off before. E56” A cartoony illustration of two sleepy t-cells, the left moaning and saying “don’t wanna…” while the right is fully snoring. Behind them lurk VIRUSES AND BACTERIA chuckling evilly. 
COVID-19 infections can also leave you with a fired up immune system in constant high alert (aka AUTOIMMUNITY). Your T-cells and neutrophils may attack healthy cells causing systemic inflammation, especially when triggered by old virus debris. e57
Meanwhile, overactive platelets needlessly gather blood cells in micro-clots. These trigger heart attacks, strokes, as well as many other Long COVID symptoms throughout the body. e58”
Another cartoony illustration of cells: An angry t-cell sending out chemical signals and saying, “I KNOW there’s a virus around here somewhere!” Goofy smiling platelets bundle up blood cells with strings of goop, while a neutrophil declares “I’m helping!” and extends its spindly NETs to the clot and nearby cells, which wither in distress.
“STOPPING THE SPREAD” it says at the top of the page, followed in smaller letters by “So obviously we want to stop getting sick, but how? We can’t end pandemics through individual action alone.” And then bigger for emphasis it says “So we work together! And we combine many strategies, both individual and systemic.” And continues back at regular size “The SWISS CHEESE MODEL OF INFECTION PREVENTION is an easy, cheesy way to visualize this tactic. e59”
Billows of air carrying countless tiny particles flank those words, and coalesce at the front of a bunch of thing slices of Swiss cheese, each with holes in different places. Each slice is labeled a different thing, one is “limiting exposure”, another “well-fitting respirator masks”, “good air, filtration”, “fast, accurate testing”, “quarantining after exposure”, and “vaccines & boosters”. Each slice blocks more and more of the particles, until the end of the slices where a baby sits in clear air and says “I love not having COVID!”
Text below explains: “Just like how each Swiss cheese slice has holes, no single protection method against SARS-CoV-2 works 100% perfectly. So we stack together methods until we’ve covered up all the holes, and maximized protection!”
A group of protesters march at the top of the page, including a Native American in a wheelchair with a “Land Back” top, a teen holding up their fist, a middle aged Jewish person wearing a kippah and a Palestine watermelon shirt, and drag queen holding the progress pride flag. There’s a large “WE KEEP US SAFE” banner in front, and signs that say “end all genocide”, “clean air is a right”, and “free them all”, as well as a butterfly puppet symbolizing migrant rights. Below the drawing it says “COMMUNITY CARE”.
In mid-sized text it says “To survive this pandemic, we must follow the lead of Disability Justice and survive TOGETHER.” And then in smaller text it continues “That means all of us - the infants and toddlers too young to mask, the disabled and the neurodiverse, Black and Indigenous people, all people of color, queer and trans people, sex workers, pregnant people, immunocompromised people, the undocumented, the unhoused, the incarcerated and institutionalized...
People forced into constant exposure at home, work, and school until they’ve lost count of infections, people forced into indefinite isolation because one infection could kill them or permanently change their life for the worse, people who get fired when they run out of sick days and evicted when they run out of money…”
And then in bigger text it concludes “Everyone abused by our medical industry and abandoned by our governments. All of us.”
In mid-sized text it says “So why do we mask?  Because we refuse to accept a world where any one of us is disposable. We fight for a future where we all survive - together.”
Below, a large drawing of those two from the bar on earlier pages, the Black femme and their curly-haired friend, walking arm-in-arm and looking at each other bashfully. There’s a river behind them, and a breeze blows the tassels of the femme’s hoodie, and the keffiyeh the other is wearing. They are both wearing masks, and hearts appear between their faces.

WHY WE MASK: It's Not "Just A Cold": A Handy Scientific Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Together

Here, have a free science zine with a ridiculously long title! Endless thanks to my partner and fellow disabled artist, Kimball Anderson aka @earnestattempts, who helped through the entire year-long process with art edits and image descriptions (located in the alt text). Additional thanks to my friends Dupe and Caitlin, who gave me thorough copy-edits, and every friend who read drafts or listened to me rant about COVID-19.

Feel free to spread it far and wide! And hit me up if you're interested in printing &/or distributing free copies :D

Read WHY WE MASK with Endnotes - includes working URLS so you can read the scientific papers I cited for yourself. Plus links for all the other resources, and a full transcript.

Download WHY WE MASK - Free PDFs to read, print, and share! Any donations go towards print copies &/or local mask blocs.

Can't get enough free printable COVID zines? Check out @newlevant's excellent What's Up With COVID & How To Protect Yourself: 2024 Ed! It was a huge inspiration in the final stretch.

Extra pages under the cut:

This page is made up of a repeating image of a COVID-19 virus, a ball covered with little spikes. A hazy texture overlays it, giving it a slight feeling of decay as the gray gets darker. In a swipe of white at the bottom, it says “All contents copyright Laurel Lynn Leake, 2024” and then a series of symbols that represent what is explained in the following text “Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0, so you’re free to share it: just credit me, don’t substantially change it, and don’t use it to make money.”
This page is mostly empty except for this text: “DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor or scientist, and this zine is not intended as a replacement for medical care. The illustrations aren’t perfectly to scale because I’ve cartoonified things for clarity. However, I based everything on free peer-reviewed scientific papers, cited on page 22 and at this link: laurellynnleake.com/whywemask” There is also a QR code underneath.
In large text again, it says “WHY WE MASK” IT’S NOT “JUST A COLD”” and then a subtitle underneath “A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together”. At the bottom of the page, a cute drawing of a big headed person with cat’s eye glasses. She looks nervous and sweat is flying off her, filling the house shape she’s in. Outside, a large COVID-19 particle looms. Text below reads “featuring ME!”
At this point in the book, we get into the text-dense Works Cited. To read the full transcript with URLS, go to laurellynnleake.com/whywemask. This page covers endnotes for pages 1 (The Basics) to 5 (Severe Symptoms).
Works Cited continued, from Page 6 (How Covid Spreads Pt 1: Inhalation) to Page 14 (Lasting Effects AKA Long COVID) endnote 37. To read the full transcript with URLS, go to laurellynnleake.com/whywemask.
Works cited continued, starting on PAGE 6: How COVID Spreads (PART 1: INHALATION) Endnote 18, and ending with Page 18 (Stopping The Spread) Endnote 59. To read the full transcript with URLS, go to LaurelLynnLeake.com/WhyWeMask
A small set of drawings of different types of masks sits in the “Guides & Tools” section between resources. 
“For currently sick &/or chronically ill people: 
END VIRAL EUGENICS Database – https://tinyurl.com/currentlysick   
Find COVID-19 Medications (USA) – https://treatments.hhs.gov/ 
Drug Interaction Checker – https://Covid19-DrugInteractions.org/checker 
COVID Safe Providers – https://covidsafeproviders.com/ 
Treatment Research – https://C19early.org/ 
Long COVID Physio – https://LongCovid.physio/pacing/ 
Mask buying/fitting resources: 
Mask Database – https://tinyurl.com/maskdb 
Respirator Repository – https://tinyurl.com/PDXMaskLibrary 
Buy Lower Cost Masks (USA) – https://linktr.ee/buymasks 
https://reddit.com/r/Masks4All/  - (caution: advice very white cis man centric)” 
“Other resources: https://CleanAirCrew.org/  - Recommendations & DIY guides for air filtration
What’s Up With COVID & How To Protect Yourself, 2024 Ed - https://newlevant.com/COVIDzine - Hazel Newlevant’s excellent free printable COVID minicomic! Includes advanced safety tips (ex: nasal sprays, CPC mouthwash, air circulation/filtration). (English/Espanol)
We Keep Each Other Safe – https://ForwardTogether.org/tools/we-keep-each-other-safe/  - A Guide By & For Black, Indigenous, Latinx, POC & LGBTQ Communities. From 2020 but still very relevant (English/Espanol)
How To Get On – https://howtogeton.wordpress.com/  -  Lily Silver’s self-advocacy guide for homebound/bedbound people, ME/CFS focused but helpful for all disabilities. Covers financial aid, affordable housing, medical care, mobility devices, etc. (USA)
Mutual aid databases (“global”, always updating):
COVID Action Map – https://t.co/DvrGjRPzhm/   
MASK Bloc Org - https://maskbloc.org/ 
COVID Meetups – https://COVIDMeetups.com/  
Online communities/support groups/events:
COVID Isn’t Over - https://linktr.ee/covidisntover 
Long COVID Justice - https://longcovidjustice.org/Support 
Disability Visibility Project – https://DisabilityVisibilityProject.com
And a drawing of a graph that shows “official number of cases” and “wastewater viral count” overlaid on top of each other, over time. The wastewater and official cases hew very close together at the start, and then dramatically diverge less than halfway through. If you look at the official numbers, it seems like things have died down, and if you look at wastewater it seems like things have gotten worse. Sections of time are labeled with quote marks “DURING THE PANDEMIC” covering just until a little after the two numbers start to wildly diverge, and “POST-PANDEMIC” where the wastewater shows that we are almost always above the peaks of the early years. Below, it says “Source: Santa Clara County Public Health Dept, inspired by Lee Altenberg, PhD.”
“  Wastewater trackers test sewage at processing plants for viral debris (including H5N1, influenza, etc). They’re far more accurate than government or corporate numbers. “Official” trackers for COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are almost always SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERCOUNTED. 
 Wastewater trackers still SKEW LOW, and run at a 2 week delay. Also, since they depend on gov access, they can get forced into removing their public datas (RIP Biobot Tracker :C).”
TURTLE ISLAND:
 WastewaterScan Dashboard  - https://www.data.wastewaterscan.org/
People’s CDC: COVID 19 “Weather Reports” -  https://PeoplesCDC.org/ 
Iowa COVID Tracker (Covers the whole USA) - https://iowacovid19tracker.org
Canadian Tracker – https://COVID19Tracker.ca 
Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative – https://PMC19.com/   
GLOBAL:
KFF Global - Tracker  https://t.co/7fmeb93fYI/
Worldometer - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Little aerosol droplets of water flow in a swooping line towards a brain and all of the veins that twist around it and lead down to the rest of the body. A cute little Laurel holds up a magnifying glass that is bigger than herself and shows within it a SARS-COV-2 virus.
In large text it says “A Handy Scientific Guide To Surviving COVID-19 Together”. And then in regular text it continues “Why’s everyone sick all the time? Well, it’s not “just a cold”, and it’s definitely not “mild”... It’s SARS-CoV-2, and it can change your life forever. 
In larger text: “Whether you’ve been too burned out to keep up with COVID-19 news, or if you’re still masking and sick of explaining why, this zine is for you!

WHY WE MASK cuts through 5 years of COVID chaos with simple, non-judgemental language and fun science illustrations featuring masked-up queer & trans disabled people. Plus resources for protecting you and your loved ones.”
At the bottom, a hand gives a wrapped up boat shaped mask to another hand while puffs of air float around. The mask says “NIOSH N95” on it.

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disney concept art: the most beautiful dynamic original thing i have ever seen

disney finished project: rubber same face minimalism regurgitated plots 


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New Workshop! "Voice of the Narrator: A Disco Elysium Livestream" will feature voice actor Lenval Brown, who narrated the widely popular RPG Disco Elysium ⭐️ Join Lenval for a benefit livestream on 10/19! All proceeds go to Dr. Alaa's fam. Sign up here --> https://t.co/S9yKvIrt0q pic.twitter.com/jpqmjazh1a

— Workshops4Gaza (@Workshops4Gaza) September 13, 2024
Released in 2019, Disco Elysium is a video game whose surreal yet politically lucid narrative places the player in fictional post-revolutionary Martinaise, Revachol. Its 2021 update added full narrative voiceover work by Brown. pic.twitter.com/kq48Z4fpKc

— Workshops4Gaza (@Workshops4Gaza) September 13, 2024
Join Lenval for a benefit livestream where he will play the game and talk about his experience as a voice actor for Disco Elysium. pic.twitter.com/UQHJGwp7Hc

— Workshops4Gaza (@Workshops4Gaza) September 13, 2024
All proceeds will go to Dr. Alaa Abu Musa's family, who have been displaced since their home was destroyed by the IOF and are urgently raising funds to cover the cost of food, water, and other basic necessities. pic.twitter.com/tr7o6jTTSx

— Workshops4Gaza (@Workshops4Gaza) September 13, 2024
Register for Lenval's livestream here: https://t.co/S9yKvIrt0q pic.twitter.com/zZ8A75Jjd7

— Workshops4Gaza (@Workshops4Gaza) September 13, 2024

REGISTER FOR LENVAL BROWN'S "VOICE OF THE NARRATOR" EVENT WITH WORKSHOPS4GAZA HERE

Saturday, Oct. 19 3-5pm EST

This workshop will feature voice actor and musician Lenval Brown, who narrated the widely popular role playing game Disco Elysium. Released in 2019, Disco Elysium is a video game whose surreal yet politically lucid narrative places the player in fictional post-revolutionary Martinaise, Revachol. Its 2021 update added full narrative voiceover work by Brown. Join Lenval for a benefit livestream where he will play the game and talk about his experience as a voice actor for Disco Elysium.

Lenval Brown is a voice actor known for his narration role in the award-winning RPG Disco Elysium. He also appeared as Sisyphus Prime in "Ultrakill" and narrated many of the episodes for the 2022 PC Gamer short documentary series "Tales From The Hard Drive." He is the lead singer of a South London 8 piece ska band called Maroon Town. He lives in London.

To register for “Voice of the Narrator,” donate to Dr. Alaa Abu Musa’s family (suggested donation $60 USD, please donate more if you can) then fill out the registration form.


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