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Hussam's GFM is still extremely low on funds, so I'll be doing some fundraising for him! For every 5 euros you donate, I will write you 250 words. If you donate 8 euros, I'll write you 500 words. This rate is good up to 2,000 words! After that, every 10 euros donated will get you 250 words.*

Fandoms I've written for and will definitely write for: The Raven Cycle, Six of Crows, We Hunt the Flame

Fandoms I will NOT write for: Harry Potter, Marvel, OFMD, TLOU

If there's a fandom you want me to write for but I'm not that familiar with it, you can send me a DM and we can work it out! I'd just need some background so whatever you'd like to see in the story/characterization can be hashed out. Please make sure you DM me before donating so that we're both sure I can write for/am willing to write for the fandom of your choice. For artists: I will also write for your OCs if you'd like!

I will not write smut or anything NSFW.

You can send me proof of your donation and your request for a fic through DM. Please make sure to block out any personal information on your GFM receipt.

Link to Hussam's GFM

*please note that i am a student and it's currently exam season, so it will take me at least one week to get you your fics, possibly longer if they're over 2,000 words or if i'm unfamiliar with the characters. please be patient with me! thank you <3

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apologies for the late post, but happy arab-american heritage month! arab selfshippers, ur f/o’s love you lots! trust me they’re practicing how to say أحبك right now…

pro/comship, basic dni, and zionists dni.

#mod lolo 🌙 #poc selfship #poc selfshipper #bipoc selfship #self ship community #positivity ☀️

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Bisan is calling for global efforts and a march for gaza on March 30th for Palestinian Land Day on one of her recent instagram posts!

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Imagine showing your f/os all of the really popular songs from your country! If you both are from the same country imagine discussing the nostalgia & memories that come from it! If you aren't, imagine your f/o listening to you talk about memories the songs remind you of!

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FREE RICE - Official UN World Food Program free nonprofit game that Feeds those in Need!! https://freerice.com/

What does it do?

You play simple trivia games in-browser, and for every correct answer you will help raise "rice" (meaning money to go into emergency relief such as rice and other foods) to help feed those most in need.

Freerice officially works with the United Nations World Food Program (see: https://unric.org/en/freerice/ ), which serves, as of writing:

State of Palestine

Afghanistan

Ethiopia

Ukraine

Yemen

See more listed here: https://www.wfp.org/emergencies, as linked from Freerice

How does it work?

Private sponsors now match the rice grains earned in the game. Every question you answer correctly earns 10 grains of rice, triggering a financial payment to WFP. The donations generated through Freerice help support WFP's work in emergencies around the world. (source: https://freerice.com/frequently-asked-questions )

100% of all funds generated via Freerice go to the World Food Programme. Freerice does not earn or keep any money it raises.(source: https://freerice.com/about-us)

Important Notes!

If nothing shows up when you hit "PLAY GAME," try enabling cookies to reveal the site shown above

Making an account is OPTIONAL, not having one does not lessen your impact

Can be used towards virtual community service (download a certificate to fill out yourself)

Freerice has no time limit and perfect for using in conjunction with arab.org, a single click website for various good causes

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The image the west painted about arabs and SWANA ppl centuries ago, how is it still used today, and why is that image harmful to SWANA group

First of all, what is Orientalism? based on the definition by Edward Said, orientalism is a "created body of theory and practice" which constructs images of the Orient or the East directed toward those in the West.

Representations of the East as exotic, feminine, weak and vulnerable reflect and define how the West views itself as rational, masculine and powerful. These can be seen in paintings as well as media.

The painting were obsessed w the idea of the Harem women, which affected all SWANA ppl, including Persian and Turkish women as well. Stereotypes and orientalist depictions of arabs and SWANA ppl are still used till this day.

Le Corsaire (1856), takes place in Turkey and focuses on a love story between a pirate and a beautiful slave girl. Scenes include a bazaar where women are sold to men as slaves, and the Pasha's Palace, which features his harem of wives.

Petipa's The Pharaoh's Daughter (1862), an Englishman imagines himself, in an opium-induced dream, as an Egyptian boy who wins the love of the Pharaoh's daughter, Aspicia. Her costume consisted of 'Egyptian' décor on a tutu.

Fatima (1897) and Fatima’s Dance (1907), which were the very first portrayals of Arab woman as a veiled belly dancer. These sexualized and objectified Arab women.

Sheherazade (1910), involves a shah's wife and her relations with a Golden Slave. It includes an orgy in an oriental harem. When the shah discovers the actions of his numerous wives and their lovers, he orders the deaths of those involved. Also based on One Thousand & One Nights.

The sheik (1921), takes place in Algeria, where Lady Diana disguise herself as a dancing girl to become one of the prospective brides, yet is unable to go through with the deception bc the sheik liked her. the sheik later abducts her, intending to make her fall in love with him.

The movie didnt even have the accurate Algerian traditional clothing and Algerians dancing clothes arent the “belly dancing inspired” clothes. The stereotype that a SWANA man would abduct a white women to make her fall inlove w him too…

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, an Algerian anti-colonial leader during 1849–1857 of the French conquest of Algeria and subsequent Pacification of Algeria. She is an Algerian national hero. The pictures show the Algerian traditional wear, which isnt close to the ones in the movie.

Here is an Algerian woman wearing a Haik, again not dressed as the movie shows.

Mickey in Arabia (1932) by Disney, taking place in the Arabian Desert, where Mickey and Minnie are exploring the area I assume. Later, Minnie gets kidnapped by a Sultan. Again, portraying men from SWANA or arab men in this case as predatory and barbaric.

Abdullah the Great aka. Abdullah’s Harem (1955), about an Arab sheikh and a European model. He’s always with the Arab women he bought, along with belly dancers. He still tries to seduce Ronnie. He then attempts to drug her in order to sleep with her, but fails and gets dethroned.

So far all these movies continue to have the same narrative, continue to sexualize Arab and SWANA women, always portraying them as belly dancers and/or harem women. The Arab and SWANA men as barbaric and predatory. Themes that will continue to exist till this day.

Babes in Baghdad (1952) Arabian Nights princess goes on strike demanding equal rights for women, to the frustration of the caliph. Aided by the caliph's godson, she enables the caliph to see the error of his polygamous ways, and he eventually settles down with his wife.

The Queen of Babylon (1954), about a king's concubine that loves a Chaldean rebel in ninth-century B.C. Assyria. I Am Semiramis (1963), in ninth-century B.C. Assyrian Queen Semiramis loves an enslaved Dardanian king. mind u assyrians dont dress like egyptians

Fast forward to the 90s and early 2000s, the same stereotype surrounding SWANA ppl persisted Aladdin(1992), Aladdin meets Princess Jasmine, daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. They both have to deal with evil sorcerer Jafar from overthrowing Jasmine's kingdom.

Jasmine was sexualized (even tho shes a minor), she seduces Jaffar, and was put in a harem/belly dancer fit. the same portrayal of Arab women. The movie also features harem women. Jaffar w big nose, painting arab men as ugly, sinister and ruled by sexual desires, again.

Braceface (2002), the harem thing again. Totally spice (2002) with harem inspired fits Around the World in Eighty Days (2004) by Disney, Arab sheikh his wives that were objectified through the scenes.

After 9/11, “Arabs are terrorists” and xenophobic remakes towards arabs increased. Air Marshal (2003), The stone merchant (2006), The kingdom (2007), and many more all portrayed arabs as terrorists. Family guy(?) and shameless (2012, S2) with jokes about k!lling iraqis

Bratz: Desert Jewelz (2012) and Aladdin (2019) had the same orientalist themes as the 1001 Arabian nights (1959) and as well as the older movies.

Today, inaccurate and offensive Arab/SWANA representation is still the same. Arabs are either rich sheikhs, terrorists, or exotic belly dancers. not only that, u rarely see any arab or SWANA actor/actress get good roles, its always reduced to the terrorists role.

Whats mentioned in the thread isnt only harmful to how SWANA ppl are viewed, but how they’re treated as well. In 2002 to 2005, Philippe Servaty engaged in sex with over 80 Moroccan women, promising to take them to Belgium.

He asked them for sexual photos and photographed them in poses that could be seen as degrading. They included ejaculating on the face of a veiled woman and having another woman kneel, bound, and gagged while he urinated on her. After returning to Belgium, he published the photos.

with assyrians and persians ppl still use the same harem belly dancer clothing and its not even accurate. egyptians are always portrayed as belly dancers, also inaccurate.

SWANA ppl are still treated as fictional characters. Dune (2021) uses orientalist themes and is inspired by SWANA cultures. many offensive media made ab arabs, but wont i b able to fit all here. racism/xenophobia against ppl in SWANA didnt start with 9/11 and its not over either.

twt original thread here!

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please help nisreen, her mother, and her daughters in northern gaza.

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al3ab nariya outfits ft @gekkisad!! click for higher quality yayyy

ithink i am allowed to tag you @bipocselfship-archive

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happy international womens day! remember that there are palestenian women in need of feminine hygiene products! you can donate here, and the cheapest tier is 5$!

if you can't donate, reblog! doing something is better than doing nothing! remember to keep talking, keep calling and keep donating! from the river to the sea, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!! 🇵🇸

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I was reading an article on Wikipedia about Mangoes and this picture hit me:

[ ID: Screenshot of a photo in a Wikipedia article of a mango tree planted in the backyard of a house, surrounded by white walls. Sunlight shines on it. The caption reads: "Mango tree in Palestine". /End ID ] (ID wrote by @tortiefrancis <- added from his reblog after the post was posted)

Do you think this tree is still there? Walls of the house and the family who was taking care of it and eating its fruit still alive and safe?

I will never forget this genocide, I will continue to talk about it.

We will never forget this genocide, we will continue to talk about it. Spread the word, donate, protest.

To all people in Gaza: I love you and I hope your home will be free and able to rebuilt itself soon. As Palestine. I hope you can plant trees and enjoy their fruit in peace.

Help Palestine. Free Palestine.

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For SWANA whos culture has samosas: imagine introducing your f/os to your rendition of samosas! if your f/o’s culture also has samosas, imagine them making you their version of samosas! how do they compare and contrast? if your f/o’s culture doesn’t have samosas, would this be their first time trying them? if so, how would they like it?

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intro / promo since its ramadan!!

hihi, i'm sweets !!

and i'm new to selfshipping so i'd love to make some new friends - also i'd love to hear about your f/os so feel free to gush!!

i'm muslim, south asian and i have AuDHD

i only have one f/o which is sanji !! ⤵

#rbs 🌻 #sweetsluvssanji #i love your layout!!<3

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yumeshipping stuff etc :3333333

#SO CUTE!!! #rbs 🌻 #jesteringbug

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ramadan mubarak! 🌙 promo a muslim yumejoshi ?

hiii im laila or maddie. im a minor. i like lotsa things and i will draw you whatever you want. heres my guys

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hiii my names Gore/Hook !! im simply a guy who enjoys wrestling in a completely normal and average way. i also like fallout new vegas and far cry and lots of other games. come say hi!!!!

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welcome to swanaships!! this is a blog dedicated to uplifting and supporting south asian, west asian, and north african selfshippers!

we will be focused on reblogging content from/for SWANA shippers! our inbox is open for gushes, questions, or whatever else. feel free to tag us in any posts you want us to see! we ask that gushes & tags stay just from swana shippers.

this blog is run by two mods, lolo (it/they, north african) and haitham (he/him, west asian)

proshippers/comshippers, basic dni, and zionists, you are not welcome here.

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