Hey everyone! The next film I'll be editing with my friend Olive Holmes is now in pre-production!
LINGER is a short lesbian period drama about an actress past her prime in 1930s LA, reliving old memories of what she's gained and lost in the pursuit of stardom.
We are currently fundraising through the Australian Cultural Fund to cover production design, equipment hire, crew catering and other expenses.
Olive and I have previously worked together on Circuitus, another queer short film soon to be showing at a few local film festivals. As you may know from my podcast work I'm really passionate about queer cinema, and this new script from Olive is the kind of thing I've always dreamed about working on.
Please consider donating to our budget to support independent film projects by nb lesbian filmmakers!
also she has said multiple times her abusive father has stalked her in the past of course she doesn't wanna show her fucking face on the internet!!get a fucking grip!
From Gaza to Ireland: Survived but Nightmares Make me Wish to Die
Before I open my heart to you guys, please check out the vetting/verifications posts below.
1. @el-shab-hussein and @nabulsi # 151 on the spreadsheet of Vetted Gaza Fundraisers List
2. @riding-with-the-wild-hunt HERE.
3. My latest blog titled "Traumatized in Ireland While my Family is Facing Death and Starvation in Gaza" shared widely HERE
The short video will give you a quick glimpse of my story: 1. A young university lecturer in Gaza
2. Then displaced with my family and losing our house
3. Then traveled to Ireland to study and try to support and evacuate my family.
Every night I sleep in Ireland while my family sleeps under bombardment face starvation, fear and the cold of winter in tents.
People sleep to rest.
I sleep to see nightmares.
Every night feels like a horror movie I must live, not watch.
I wake up tired, shaken, and broken by the images my mind creates.
I had an amazing stable life with my family in Gaza before the war turned our world upside down.
I was a young, ambitious lecturer at the Islamic University of Gaza, teaching English and linguistics. I loved to motivate and empower my students so they can reach their full potential.
When the war broke out, I was displacement with my family multiple times in places I did not know existed in the Gaza Strip. Sometimes we literally ran for our lives under heavy bombardment and learned what a near-death experience actually meant.
Five months into the war, my Irish university managed to get me out of Gaza. Ever since I evacuated and left my entire family in Gaza (parents, siblings, nephews, nieces), I woke up every day so tired from horrible horrible horrible nightmares, wishing to end my life.
But then I remember:
If I give up, who will help my family survive?
Who will help me get them out when the crossing opens again?
I saw the constant bombardment every day live in the news, and my family was dispersed in different places in the Gaza Strip, running for their lives, struggling to survive.
The misery and suffering continue until today after we lost our house and the cold of winter if freezing them all, especially my elderly parents and young nephews and nieces.
HOWEVER...
Hard times do not only create strong people; they also reveal the goodness and humanity in others.
And Gaza needs the world’s goodness now more than ever.
My family lost their home.
They now live in tents, shivering in the cold.
Rainwater enters every time it rains.
They have no electricity, no clean water, no cooking gas, and no safety.
Survival itself has become a battle.
I have been dedicating all my efforts to helping my family survive in the current situation in Gaza and apply for reunification visas with the support of my college and friends here in Ireland.
Every single member of my family counts the seconds until the day we all reunify in Ireland and live a safe, normal life like we have been dreaming for more than two years
This can only be possible with your kindness, support and humanity.
Please consider donating if you can, share our story, reblog our post, and amplify our voice. You have no idea how much you can help in getting my family out of the living hell of Gaza to safety.
When the world becomes numb to Palestinian suffering, please choose not to turn away.
Please 'follow' me to stay updated!
Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring.
Mahmoud
People say: "Family always comes First," and to that, I say: "Amen!".… Mahmoud Khalaf needs your support for Death chases my family in Gaza;
Rafah Crossing into Egypt to open for the people of Gaza to travel to Egypt! Finally!
A way out of the living hell of Gaza! This is amazing news for my family! Our only goal and priority is to reunite as a family in Ireland and bring them to safety.
Please boost my family's Evacuation campaign and keep us in your thoughts and prayers!
I don't know what to write in this post because I've already said everything, done everything. Why is this world so cruel? Why does brutality and inhumanity exist? Why must some people be killed so that others can live? This world is so cruel and terrifying. I don't mean the whole world; I mean the Nazi Zionists who are destroying the entire world.
Everyone sees, hears, and witnesses what is happening throughout the world—in Gaza, Syria, Somalia, and Minneapolis. All of this is happening in full view of everyone. This is brutality and horror perpetrated by the Zionists. They are behind all of this; they are behind all the destruction happening in this world. With all that is happening, especially here in Gaza, which is being exterminated before the eyes of the entire world, I wanted to remind you of myself and my family.
For 844 days, my family and I haven't seen a single good day, haven't slept peacefully, and haven't felt a moment of joy or happiness. In short, it's because of the Zionists who have stolen everything from us. I'm here only to ask for your support and donations so we can escape this hell and live some comfortable days free from fleeing, death, and hunger. All I ask is that you lend a helping hand to me and my family and donate to us. Please.
Please share this post widely. Sharing and donating will help Nader and his family survive. Please give them a glimmer of hope and donate now, or share if you can't.
I cannot imagine that my life and the lives of my family depend on the decision of a man who has no feelings, no sense of humanity, and no conscience. Please, don't be like those who persecute and kill us. Please, lend us a helping hand and donate now.
Please don't just pass this along, share this post and donate to save an entire family from death and destitution. Please don't stop sharing this post and donate whatever you can to help Nader and his family.
Over 200 shares and not a single donation. Please don't abandon us. Your donations are our only hope for survival. Please help us, share this post, and donate now. Please.
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