Dear fediverse,

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

Dear fediverse,

I just had a video call over Signal with @joynewacc from Gaza.

Farah, or Joy, as she prefers to be called, is a 22-year-old Palestinian author and poet studying English Literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, which has been bombed by Israel.

She lives with her mother and four siblings in a shelter, trying to survive the genocide being committed by Israel.

Please help her and her family afford food during the famine that Gaza is experiencing. Please donate if you can and/or share this so that it might reach others who might be able to:

https://www.chuffed.org/project/evacuate-joy

Joy used to have an account on BlueSky but they closed it. Please give her a warm welcome to the fediverse and let her know she is welcome here.

If you’d like to read her writings, you can find them at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XMS1kW6EYGnb_DF2P4BbRDDMClX9Sahx

#fediverse #Gaza #Palestine #solidarity #FreePalestine

[joynewacc@mastodon.social]

Thank you,Aral ,I look forward to meeting many more ppl like u

[malte@radikal.social]

@joynewacc Welcome to the fediverse, Joy. I hope you'll connect with people here. I'm curious why bluesky blocked your account, what happened?

[adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social]

@malte @joynewacc

Hi Malte. Joy can answer you about her personal experience but you can also check out her post here

https://mastodon.social/@joynewacc/115113000553858473

This article can maybe also give you context of the broader situation.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/08/palestinians-gaza-bluesky-spam

[malte@radikal.social]

@adamsaidsomething Thanks, that explains everything! @joynewacc