Hello, my name is Nadin. I’m from Gaza. I’m a graphic design graduate, a wife—and now, a mother.
I finished my design studies just before the war began. I had dreams of starting a small studio, of creating art that told stories. I used to think about colors and fonts and the future.
Then, the war came. And the future became something we tried to hold onto, moment by moment.
On October 22, 2023, I learned I was pregnant when a missile destroyed my husband’s family home, killing 25 members—his mother, siblings, nieces and nephews—entire branches of our family in seconds.
We were displaced twice. Everything was gone—home, safety, routine, rest.
A few weeks later, I gave birth to our daughter. There was no crib, no celebration—not even stillness. But she arrived, quietly and beautifully. In her eyes I saw something I hadn’t felt in weeks: life that still wanted to grow.
Now, our days are shaped by decisions that could dismantle the future we are trying to build together.
Today, Israel’s government is discussing plans for a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City and southern regions. The stated aim: to eliminate Hamas and later hand governing control to allied Arab forces—not Israel—but with no clear path to peace or normalcy.
The humanitarian fallout is devastating. More than 61,000 Palestinians have died in this war; hunger and malnutrition are rising sharply. Hospitals in north Gaza have shut down, and 193 people have now died of starvation, nearly half of them children.
Aid remains blocked, water is scarce, and many risk dying of hunger or disease long before future promises arrive.
We Don’t Know What Comes Next
There’s no clear path forward—only uncertainty for our daughter’s life and our ability to survive another day.
My name is Nadin, and I’m a mother from Gaza.
How You Can Help
I’m asking for support—not for comfort, but for survival:
Help us meet basic needs so we can breathe, heal, and preserve a world for our daughter.
Support us as I try to stand again on my own feet—even a glimmer of stability matters.
If you’ve read this far, thank you. If you can give—thank you. If you can’t—just sharing this post is a lifeline I will never forget.
I feel like Steve would relate to Johnny a lot in the home life sense because they’re both from bad homes. Sure they probably don’t hang out as much as him and Dallas or him and Pony but they could’ve probably had good conversations especially about their parents and what home is like. Also I feel like Steve would talk about cars to Johnny, and Johnny would actually be pretty interested to know about it. He also seen him as a little brother often wanting to get him out of his home life.
Steve Dosent hate ponyboy, yes he sees him as a tag along a lot and pokes fun at him but he would actually not like HATE him. He often wonders and is interested about pony but would never admit it because he knows Pony Doesn’t like him. But he sees him in sorta an older brother and annoying little sibling sort a view. He sometimes sees Pony reading and wonders what the books about. Besides him bullying Pony once in a while he can have an actual conversation with him, but pony’s usually never too interested in talking to Steve that much which he understands.
He sees Pepsi cola as his bestest friend of course that’s obvious. But sometimes he compares himself to soda since they’re complete opposites. It’s never affected their friendship but sometimes makes him a bit sad. He loves soda though and they both have matching bracelets in their rooms they made for eachother when they were younger. They don’t wear them so they look more tuff but kept them.
He sees Two-Bit like a good friend also. He thinks he’s funny sometimes and they yap about Mickey and cars to each other. But also sometimes Two-Bit is a surprisingly good comforter seeing as how he Dosent like serious situations it’s hard to believe. They drink together often and mess with girls, also often stealing together when they’re out.
He likes Darry a lot, he sees him as an older brother figure or like a father figure sorta since he feeds him, and lends him a place to stay. He sees all of the Curtis brothers as siblings or very good friends. Darry usually has late night talks with him if they’re both up at the Curtis house late. Darry also cares for him and buys him stuff if he needs it. He sometimes imagines where he’d be if Darry never was there to help him out.
He’s good friends with Dallas they’re really good friends. After he died Steve was really affected and became very depressed in a way. Him and Dallas always cracked jokes or got into trouble when they were together. He has a lot of memories that he looks back on with Dallas that make him laugh.
I love it when people recognize that the greasers are all actually,,, disgusting boys sometimes even mature boring Darry. Like they may be handsome/cute, but they're still boys
Like they have cake for breakfast REGULARLY and do flips on cars and whoo at girls. Some of them don't even shower that often or constantly have grease all over their hands and have yellow tinted teeth
The greasers are gross immature boys and I'm standing by that 🙏
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