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Satwat Rehman
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Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland. Co-chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission. Posting here in a personal capacity.
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Proud to be there with colleagues from @opfs.org.uk, and fellow members of End Child Poverty to stand together against poverty and inequality. A fantastic turnout at the Scotland Demands Better demonstration today @povertyalliance.org, showing there’s more we have in common than divides us.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The latest message from Ahmad on his gofundme brought tears to my eyes. I hope Ahmad & Samar can now have the future they planned before 7/10/2023. Please can you share/donate & help them reach their goal?
gofund.me/595755268
The photo is a screenshot of Ahmad’s latest message on this gofundme: Fatima has posted a new update to Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War Survivor of the Gaza Holocaust 2023 In just a few short hours, we managed to launch our final initiative - the Initiative of Hope Beyond the Rubble. And here, our journey comes to an end. Thank you, from the depths of my heart, to everyone who stood by us through two years of war. And thank you to those who will now give us the chance to start again — a chance to rebuild what the flames once took away, and to live a life that's worth living. Please, make your donations within these few remaining hours — for after that, the curtain will fall, and this dream, this campaign, will come to a close forever. From the ashes, I rise — and with you, the light begins again. 1948 #PS_GAZA
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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@mommunism.bsky.social I’ve screenshotted Ahmad’s 2 year post as it won’t show now his account has been marked as spam (again, thanks @bsky.app!).
The photo is a screen shot of a post by Ahmad Johar, which says TODAY, OCTOBER 7... TWO YEARS OF A WAR THAT NEVER ENDED. HEARTS ARE STILL BLEEDING UNDER THE RUBBLE, HOMES DESTROYED, DREAMS LOST. PEOPLE HAVE CRIED OUT WITH US, BUT GOVERNMENTS REMAIN SILENT, AND WE SCREAM: ENOUGH! WE WILL NOT FORGET THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. #GAZA #REMEMBEROCTOBER7 #WARNEVERENDS
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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@ahmadjohary16.bsky.social has been marked as spam again! Why? For posting about Gaza, the reality on the ground & the hardships endured? For wanting to fundraise to support his family? He’s known by many here including @mommunism.bsky.social. Please share & support him to get his account back.
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Remembering Mariam and all the other martyrs today.
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Great to be at the Tax Justice Scotland event, listening to Angela O’ Hagan set out the human rights case for Tax Justice #scotlanddemandsbetter #challengepoverty
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Minimum Income Guarantee campaign launch, discussing how we build the guarantee to tackle inequality & poverty - a roadmap for structural change. We need to be explicit about how we counter hateful narratives that problematise minoritised communities, by focusing on structural causes & solutions.
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Khaled’s account has been deleted again. He’s had no donations in two days & is in need of money not just for food but to assist extended family members without fundraisers who are fleeing from the north.
Please do share and/or donate. He’s verified by @mommunism.bsky.social

gofund.me/5cb18e0ca
September 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Mariam had a great sense of humour, was warm and full of love and life. She jokingly invited me to share coffee with her when she was able to get hold of some in Gaza. Coffee, tea, sweets. She knew how much we both loved them!
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Mariam - this is how I shall always remember you. At your happiest with your son Ghaith.
August 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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May they all be at peace now. Mariam was like a daughter to us. We spoke most days, laughing, crying, imagining what it would be like when we met and shared food and were able to hug each other. She knew the dangers and continued anyway so we could see the truth. Her son has lost his mother
August 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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@support.bsky.team why is Ahmad marked as spam? His account has been reinstated and now the spam label needs removed.
August 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Lies and more lies to silence voices from Gaza. BBC journalist finds the ‘evidence’ unconvincing and the claim goes against Sharif’s long record as a journalist.
August 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Save the Children UK correcting Starmer’s statement to make it accurate 👏🏽👏🏽
July 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Edinburgh today
#freepalestine #dontstoptalkingaboutgaza
July 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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White writing on black background with red logo in bottom left corner. Logo is for Doctors Against Genocide. White writing says: To all international humanitarian organizations, The situation in Gaza is spiraling beyond any medical or moral threshold. The limited stock of intravenous fluids in our hospitals is no longer sufficient to treat the waves of starving individuals arriving at emergency units — from infants to the elderly, they are collapsing from pure exhaustion and hunger. This is no longer just a humanitarian crisis. It is a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population. We urge you — Speak. Act. Intervene. Nasser Medical Complex
July 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Just received the attached message from Khaled. Please share & donate. practical support & solidarity is needed above all else at the moment. Khaled is banned from Bluesky and his IP address blocked, but he has been verified by @mommunism.bsky.social

gofund.me/6bf4517b

Paypal.me/erinjohnson938
Black text on white background saying I wrote about reality 11:34 I won't sugarcoat it the situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic, and I speak to you as a man living through it. We have nothing to eat. I'm one of many who go to sleep hungry. People have no money, no food, and no means to survive. Children cry from hunger, and families are breaking under the pressure. The aid you hear about? We don't see it. It's stolen before it ever reaches us. 100 here feels like50 because of outrageous withdrawal fees. A single kilo of flour now costs 100 shekels nearly $27. Gaza is suffocating while the world watches in silence. Speak up. Do something. The truth must be told, and action must be taken. We're dying not from bombs today, but from hunger. Please don't turn away.
July 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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A friend in Gaza sent this. It is from the staff at Nasser Hospital. Please share
Black text on white background saying: We are working now in the hospital, and the tanks are only a few meters away from us... We are closer to death than to life. The soldiers show no mercy—not to a child, nor an elder, nor a doctor or a nurse. We remain here because we are human, and our mission is humanitarian. If these ravens snatch our lives… don’t forget us. Don’t turn us into numbers. We love life—we have dreams just like you. We have children and spouses we love deeply. But to be truly human means not abandoning those who need your humanity. Tell the world about us. Tell them that we were more human than those who only claimed to be. Tell them we chose death over abandoning our noble mission. Do not call us heroes—just tell them we understood what it truly means to be human. It was a blessing to get to know you all... Forgive us. We are not numbers. Medical staff Nasser Medical Complex. Gaza
July 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Every day people die in Gaza, looking for food & shelter. The ceasefire negotiations keep going whilst people suffer. Khaled shared a proverb with me today which sums it up. Whilst we can’t do much to ease the suffering of our friends, we can help through donations.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-abeer...
Black writing on white background. It says ‘ There is a proverb that says: someone who has his hand in the water is not the same as someone who has his hand in the fire’
July 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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To buy flour you need cash, to get cash you have to pay commission. The only other way to get flour means risking life in the killing field around the distribution points.
Please help Khaled provide for his family. 20 people donating $25 each will help him reach his goal of $500

gofund.me/5c315db8
Image shows a white bag of flour on a sandy floor, with a tent behind it Image shows a piece of Palestinian bread
June 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Khaled shared this on whatsapp asking for it to be posted on his behalf as his accounts keep being deleted on this platform.
Please give what you can & share with others.
He is verified by Molly @mommunism.bsky.social and I can also vouch for him

gofund.me/5c315db8
June 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Today Khaled had to pay $150 for 6kg of flour, which will only keep his family going for a couple of days.
Please donate/share. The outrageous prices mean our friends need our support more than ever.

gofund.me/402b1d2a

Paypal.me/erinjohnson938

@mommunism.bsky.social
Photo is of a black cooking pot on an open fire with a tent in the background, at the camp Khaled’s family have been forcibly displaced to. The text on the photo says ‘ We’re living in a strange reality that doesn’t feel like life. I just hope one day I’ll wake from it like it was only a long, heavy nightmare’.
June 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Saw Massive Attack in London last night. Their support for Palestine was loud and clear and a constant theme during the show. Had the pleasure of meeting @khalidabdalla.bsky.social whose speech at the beginning was a powerful, emotional call to action
#FreePalestine
June 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Please support Ahmad, he needs to raise funds for the evacuation, with his whole family depending on him. Paypal will get to him faster and Fatima is active on Bluesky and totally trustworthy. All the money will get to him asap.

paypal.me/FatimaAyub1983
June 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Here’s the map of the evacuation zone just shared with me by Khaled
June 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM