HeyJaredMarquismarq’s Substack
On a queer day, you can read forever. (I write about everything. Politics, sociology, art, poetry. And share my fiction and non-fiction) Guardian of one Gazan family, whose lives I report faithfully.
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Cause You Can’t Stop the Rain (opens the original)
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There was such a tenacity on Mahmoud’s part to have his own Substack for a reason. He was suffering from tremendous anxiety about my ability to continue helping him, (especially since the solar panel was supposed to mean only rare extra requests) and so harbored an equally intense desire to find others who would help instead — on his own. I still am unsure why Substack kept suspending his account, but after this last time, when he seemed to have done everything right, we had to give up. But I al
When Empathy is Absent (opens the original)
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Gratitude (opens the original)
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Sometimes yours truly isn’t so bright. What I did not understand was what Mahmoud kept trying to tell me: that he couldn’t verify his Substack because he didn’t have an email address, and that no one can get an email address in Gaza. This is why they kept taking his Substack down, and his repeated tries raised red flags with Substack. Anyway, it took me 20 minutes to create an email address for him so he could verify his newsletter. And this is his new address https://substack.com/@mahmoudfromga
Figuring It Out (opens the original)
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It took a few tries for Mahmoud to understand why Substack was suspending his account. We concluded that he it was because he mentioned his Chuffed or Gofundme addresses, and that included if a well-meaning supporter mentioned it and then he restacked it. In the process of figuring it out, I also found out that he had made a backup Substack, and then a “test” Substack, and I was like, “No wonder they’re suspending you! All these Substacks look suspicious!” So now he gets it. (So many explanatory
Mahmoud Al-Substacker (opens the original)
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Mahmoud surprised me - I didn’t know he was planning this, nor that he had previously had a Substack that had been taken down. I am hopeful that the powers that be at Substack have taken note of the prevailing winds and will not be doing that again.Posting requires translating from Arabic first, and it’s all done on his phone, so the process must be arduous. But I was very touched by the result. And it goes without saying that he needs followers, so I prevail on everyone of you to please subscri
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