[watermelllonarchive]

Books are in short supply in Gaza right now. Omar has been saving books during the war and taking him with them through multiple displacements. He shared his packing and transport on September 6, 2025.

Omar is on Instagram @ omar.hamad7. He has a Chuffed fundraiser as well.

Available Go Fund Me campaigns for people whose stories have been shared on watermelllonarchive can be found in the resources post.

[watermelllonarchive]

@ferretly --and anyone else looking for a transcription/description of the video-- I've transcribed the video below. Let me know if you have any feedback, this is my first time adding video description. :)

Omar stands in front of a bookshelf in a tent. His left hand is bandaged. He speaks to the camera:

"I have been preserving these books since the beginning of the genocide."

Time lapse footage of him putting the books into a duffel bag. The video slows to regular speed and he continues:

"...and I saved many books from the libraries that were burned by the occupation."

Time lapse footage of Omar packing the books resumes. In the upper left hand corner are photos of him transporting books in a wagon and receiving a stack of books from friends. The video slows again to real time speed as he picks up a second duffel bag:

"I have displaced these books with me more than 10 times."

Time lapse continues for a few seconds. By now he is half way down the shelf. The video goes back to real time speed and Omar, crouching to pack books, speaks to the camera:

"I started buying and reading books when I was a child, and I discovered that this occupation monitors the Palestinian scientific curriculum in our schools."

Time lapse of packing continues. He is now on his third duffel bag:

"Today is the 11th displacement. I will secure those books first at my friend's place in southern Gaza, and then I will go back to look for a place for my tent."

Time lapse resumes and he finishes packing. Cut to Omar, tired with a weary smile, sitting on the duffel bags of books. He waves with his bandaged left hand. Cut to Omar shouldering one of the bags to carry away. It is clearly very heavy. The duffel bags strain under the weight of the books.

Video ends.

[glimmerstimmer]

[nessa007]

Quinta Brunson and Hannah Einbinder's reaction to Keke Palmer bringing up the infamous 2 Girls, 1 Cup video during the Comedy Actress Roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter (May 2026)

[nessa007]

INDE NAVARRETTE "The fake answer that I love to give [for my childhood crush] is Channing Tatum in Step Up. But the real answer is Optimus Prime in Transformers. Specifically, obviously, the first one. There's a monologue that he has at the end of the movie that leads right into [a Linkin Park song]. I think that was my awakening."

[watermelllonarchive]

Books are in short supply in Gaza right now. Omar has been saving books during the war and taking him with them through multiple displacements. He shared his packing and transport on September 6, 2025.

Omar is on Instagram @ omar.hamad7. He has a Chuffed fundraiser as well.

Available Go Fund Me campaigns for people whose stories have been shared on watermelllonarchive can be found in the resources post.

[watermelllonarchive]

@ferretly --and anyone else looking for a transcription/description of the video-- I've transcribed the video below. Let me know if you have any feedback, this is my first time adding video description. :)

Omar stands in front of a bookshelf in a tent. His left hand is bandaged. He speaks to the camera:

"I have been preserving these books since the beginning of the genocide."

Time lapse footage of him putting the books into a duffel bag. The video slows to regular speed and he continues:

"...and I saved many books from the libraries that were burned by the occupation."

Time lapse footage of Omar packing the books resumes. In the upper left hand corner are photos of him transporting books in a wagon and receiving a stack of books from friends. The video slows again to real time speed as he picks up a second duffel bag:

"I have displaced these books with me more than 10 times."

Time lapse continues for a few seconds. By now he is half way down the shelf. The video goes back to real time speed and Omar, crouching to pack books, speaks to the camera:

"I started buying and reading books when I was a child, and I discovered that this occupation monitors the Palestinian scientific curriculum in our schools."

Time lapse of packing continues. He is now on his third duffel bag:

"Today is the 11th displacement. I will secure those books first at my friend's place in southern Gaza, and then I will go back to look for a place for my tent."

Time lapse resumes and he finishes packing. Cut to Omar, tired with a weary smile, sitting on the duffel bags of books. He waves with his bandaged left hand. Cut to Omar shouldering one of the bags to carry away. It is clearly very heavy. The duffel bags strain under the weight of the books.

Video ends.

[brucebocchi]

[viralfrog]

[thefleetingflashofa-sword623]

We all have that one guy we hate doing night watch with on our ship

[thefleetingflashofa-sword623]

"I swear to god i just saw something" Ohhh my goddd

[henryticart]

The Doctor and The Master implies a third, less prestigious renegade timelord named The Bachelor

[helenvaughans]

📢📢📢

[sith-shenanigans]

*looks at polyamorous triad* so which of you is the soldier and which is the poet and which is the king

[sith-shenanigans]

this is the perfect reblog post cancelled

[artoatsblog]

[kosmogrl]

[fruitgravies]

codependent 🐰🦊

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[blackjame]

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[muirmarie]

something i find really interesting about (some) people who don't write is the way they'll elevate plot over execution? it's the way you'll sometimes see people who think they have a best-selling book idea, and they want someone to write it for them while thinking they should get the lion's share of the imaginary profits, because it's their idea. and don't get me wrong, ideas are important! plots are important!

but there are so many stories i've read over the years that could be summarized into a few sentences of bland-sounding plot, and it's the execution that matters. it's the writing. it's the writing!

a talented writer can turn a bland plot into a story you want to devour. and someone who only cares about ideas can take the most interesting idea ever conceived and make it unreadable/unwatchable.

like it does feel like there are a Lot of people in this world who don't view writing as a skill that deserves respect, and who think that really it's all about coming up with shiny ideas. and it does feel like that's uhhh infected a LOT of different things in the modern world. tbh.

[twofacedharvey]

“we finally caught the cannibal that has been terrorising this state for years”

“oh awesome! what was his name?”

“you’re not going to believe this”