<div>A Painter, a Teacher, a Human – Searching for a New Beginning
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<div>My name is Obay Kershally, and I’m a painter and a drawing teacher from Gaza. Before the war, my life was full of color and creativity. I held art exhibitions, taught children how to draw, and had just started studying at university. Art was not just a passion – it was my life, my voice, my future.
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<div>But then the war came – and with it, everything changed.
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<div>War Took Everything – Friends, Future, and Joy
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<div>For over two years now, Gaza has been crushed by a devastating, grinding war. I’ve lost friends, my home, my studies, my peace – and nearly lost myself. This war didn’t just destroy buildings – it destroyed dreams.
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<div>I spent a long time in deep depression, unable to move forward. The war stole my energy, my spark, my will.
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<div>I’m not just hungry – I am hunger itself. Not just for food, but for life, for art, for freedom. I want to live, to feel human again, to paint again.
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<div>Why I Need Help
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<div>Now, I am trying – slowly, painfully – to return to who I was before the war. But I have nothing left. No materials, no safe space, no tools, no income – nothing to help me continue drawing, teaching, or healing through art.
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<div>I am struggling to survive – physically, mentally, and artistically.
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<div>What Your Support Will Help Me Do
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<div>I want to keep creating. I want to inspire and support the children of Gaza through art. I want to exhibit my work again. I want to live again.
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<div>Your donation can help me:
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<div>Buy art supplies and drawing materials
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<div>Access basic needs: food, water, and medicine
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<div>Get digital equipment (tablet, camera, etc.)
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<div>Find a safer place to live and work
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<div>Possibly leave Gaza to rebuild my life
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<div>Every Contribution Matters
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<div>I’m not asking out of weakness – I’m asking out of hope. Hope that I can survive this. Hope that I can create again. Hope that someone, somewhere, still believes in art – even in the darkest places.
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<div>Thank you for reading my story. Thank you for seeing me. Thank you for helping me paint again – against the darkness, for life.
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<div>With love and hope,
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<div>Obay Kershally
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Rufino Aguada

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