A Couple New Things I Made With Photos Of My Keffiyeh, A Gift From The Friend I Am Raising Money For.

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.

Here are the three different dove designs I have so far. They are available on a wide variety of products, including stickers, magnets, shirts, pins, etc.

ALL PROCEEDS from Palestine related sales through my Redbubble shop will go to my Palestinian best friend to help him bring his girlfriend over to America. Any left over will be used to help his family/other loved ones affected by the war.

He is hands down the best person I have ever met, it is heartbreaking watching him suffer through this. I know this isn’t much help but I really don’t know what else I can do.

Full collection linked below, updating daily. There are a couple key of return designs too that don’t seem to be showing in the collection yet as of the time I’m posting this, they should be accessible through the main artist page.

(Palestine Collection by FairieDance)

Palestine - The Land of Sad Oranges

The Jaffa orange holds a lot of symbolism for the Palestinian struggle. This varietal was developed in Palestine in the 19th century and named for the city Jaffa, where it was first produced for export. It has strong skin and few seeds, making it excellent for commercial use, so it was a major product from the region until the industry declined under British rule and disruption from WWII. Finally the establishment of Israel caused irreparable damage as groves were seized or destroyed by settlers. Israel took over production on seized land but never achieved the same success with the crop, and what remained of Palestine suffered ongoing violence and blockades preventing the industry there from further success. The Jaffa orange has remained a symbol of the Palestinian homeland, most notably in Ghassan Khanafani's short story The Land of Sad Oranges.

This orange with a Palestinian flag for a leaf can be found here on shirts, stickers, mugs and more. ALL PROCEEDS from Palestine related sales will go to my Palestinian best friend to help him bring his girlfriend over to America and to help his other loved ones around the Levant who have been/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. All designs available here.

I know people get really excited to see Palestine on old maps, because it's proof that it existed long before it was colonized. With this in mind I dug through the Wikipedia on Cartography of Palestine for my next fundraising design. This one is the 1769 Bachiene and Maas version, featuring "Palaestina". I overlayed it on an antique paper graphic to give it this look. I have two versions found here: with and without the flag overlay.

As usual, ALL PROCEEDS from my designs are for my Palestinian best friend, to help him support his girlfriend in remaining safely in America until things calm down 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 Israeli raids 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.

All my designs can be found here (Redbubble will display them on a random product, click on each to see more product options). Edit: collections cap out at 100 products apparently, so from now on see my full range of designs here on my main page (I have temporarily removed all designs not related to Palestine).

Here are some examples of the above on products:

And here is a small sample of some of my other work (designs are available on shirts, stickers, pins and many other things):

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out so far!

I made a couple more tatreez (Palestinian embroidery) inspired designs for my fundraiser, found here and here:

I'll also reshare a few versions of an older tatreez design I made that have been quite popular (the friend I am fundraising for's girlfriend really likes them and she's an amazing artist so I feel validated, haha):

The bottom one is available on a bunch of products, the four square designs are currently only available on stickers and pins. I also incorporated the above pattern into a couple other designs:

These tatreez patterns were made using FlossCross. All these and more can be found in my full shop here.

ALL PROCEEDS from my work are for my Palestinian best friend, to help him support his girlfriend in remaining in America until it's safe for her to travel back home 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 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's a small sample of a few of my other designs:

Most of the designs are available on a pretty wide variety of products (shirts, stickers, prints, notebooks, pins, bags, etc).

Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far!

Here are some of my fundraiser stickers (the first one is new). The money I raise supports my best friend.

As always EVERYTHING I EARN 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.

You can find these in my shop HERE. To see a design on different products click on the display product and scroll down or go here to browse by design. There are a lot of other products besides stickers, such as shirts, pins, notebooks and mugs.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out! We really appreciate the support.

I'm very sick this week so my fundraising shop may slow down a little bit, I'll do my best to keep at it. The friend I am fundraising for is so sweet, he and his partner have brought me food and tea and generally taken care of me so much despite all that they are going through with their families back home under attack. They're really good people.

Here's a quick overlay design I made with a Palestinian flag and a weathered paper texture, shown here on a sticker. You can find it on various products here. My full shop can be found here. All proceeds go to supporting my Palestinian best friend's loved ones through this war. He will donate anything they don't need to the charities he works with.

Here are a few other flag designs from my collection:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out!

Palestine Designs

My Palestinian best friend is an absolutely brilliant scientist and all around amazing person. He genuinely tries to help everyone he meets. It is heartbreaking seeing my dearest friend in so much pain. I wish there was more I could do to help.

A lot of his friends and family all around the Levant are being hurt directly and/or financially by the war. ALL PROCEEDS from the Palestine designs I have been selling 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.

I know it's not much but my hope is to at least ease the financial toll this will take on him, grad students don't have much to begin with and having to stretch what he does have to protect those he loves is going to be really tough as this conflict drags on. I don't want him to have to leave his research, I can't tell you much for his privacy but I assure you it is brilliant work and he loves it so much. No scientist should have to choose between their passion and the safety of their family.

Above is the latest design, found here. Mostly made with stickers in mind, though you can also find it on shirts, notebooks, hats, etc. There are 5 more versions of a map with a keffiyeh pattern waiting for Redbubble's approval now. Full collection can be found here, with new designs being added pretty much daily in a variety of styles.

This has been the favorite and best seller so far:

Thank you to everyone who has helped out.

Here are a couple new simple butterfly designs for my fundraiser, good for stickers.

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. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

You can find the designs here and here, 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 is a sample of some of my other work:

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

Thank you to whoever bought an enormous amount of stickers from my fundraiser a couple days ago! We appreciate your help so much.

Here are some of the various things customers have bought recently:

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. He will donate anything his family doesn't need to the Palestinian charities he works with.

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