Platforming Palestinian Joy Is Just As Important As Sharing The Suffering They're Enduring During This

platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!

[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]

Drawing is so fucking hard. My first ever attempt at drawing myself; all the proportions are messed up 🥲.

Also the art style it turned out to be is quite interesting and different much more realistic than normal, even though I messed up the proportions.

I feel like this person looks lifeless 😖.

Idk why I'm putting this on here, but I always love seeing others' art.

Also adding this comment bc while it does sound plausible, it's my first time hearing about something like this (if anyone has any sources, pls share):