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Dear Friends,
I just wanted to share this adorable letter I was given by 6 year old Patricia, who came to the Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC to my book signing two evenings ago. She’s the sweetest little girl - very bright and articulate!
She made me reflect on all Gaza’s children who have been exposed to widespread killing, injury, malnutrition and displacement in addition to severe psychological trauma.Tens of thousands of children have been killed or wounded..Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. Almost every single school in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed, with nearly 650,000 children without access to formal education. The list of tortuous violations is endless,
as much as is the desperate need.
All the following organisations do excellent work!
Save the Children - Oxfam - UNICEF - Children Not Numbers - HealPalestine - Gaza Children’s Fund - Doctor’s Without Borders -HEAL Palestine

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Oct 17

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Dear Friends,
I just wanted to share this adorable letter I was given by 6 year old Patricia, who came to the Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC to my book signing two evenings ago. She’s the sweetest little girl - very bright and articulate!
She made me reflect on all Gaza’s children who have been exposed to widespread killing, injury, malnutrition and displacement in addition to severe psychological trauma.Tens of thousands of children have been killed or wounded..Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. Almost every single school in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed, with nearly 650,000 children without access to formal education. The list of tortuous violations is endless,
as much as is the desperate need.
All the following organisations do excellent work!
Save the Children - Oxfam - UNICEF - Children Not Numbers - HealPalestine - Gaza Children’s Fund - Doctor’s Without Borders -HEAL Palestine

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
I’ve been on a book ‘signing’ marathon for quite a few weeks for RETROSPECTIVE - a mostly visual ‘memoir’ !!
I just want to express my thanks and appreciation to EVERYONE I’ve met - including all the wonderful peeps at @rizzolibooks !!!
It’s a time of deep reflection at the same time, knowing how hard these days have been for hundreds of thousands of people is overwhelming - I know.
People are afraid and anxious about what lies ahead.
Carpe Diem dear friends…
CARPE DIEM!!
#restoregaza
#nopeacewithoutjustice

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Oct 16

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Dear Friends,
I’ve been on a book ‘signing’ marathon for quite a few weeks for RETROSPECTIVE - a mostly visual ‘memoir’ !!
I just want to express my thanks and appreciation to EVERYONE I’ve met - including all the wonderful peeps at @rizzolibooks !!!
It’s a time of deep reflection at the same time, knowing how hard these days have been for hundreds of thousands of people is overwhelming - I know.
People are afraid and anxious about what lies ahead.
Carpe Diem dear friends…
CARPE DIEM!!
#restoregaza
#nopeacewithoutjustice

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officialannielennox

In celebration of Annie’s new book ‘Annie Lennox: Retrospective’ we are delighted to announce two brand new t-shirts on pre order now! Released Oct 31st and they ship worldwide! You’ll also find a link to @thecirclengo GLOBAL FEMINIST T-shirt and some vinyl!

Head to Annie’s official store to grab them all.

🔗 Link in bio

Annie Lennox HQ

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Oct 16

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
Something to reflect upon…
As the exhausted, hungry, wounded, grieving, traumatised Palestinian people move from the South to the North of Gaza once again, they pass through a totally unrecognisable landscape that has been deliberately destroyed. A barren grey wasteland of broken concrete rubble and toxic dust…
The aftermath of a war where over 100,000 tonnes of explosives were dropped upon the Gaza Strip. The nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima was equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT.
Israel carried out 12,000 massacres.
2,200 families have been completely wiped out, with
62,000 Palestinian deaths or disappearances, including over 10,000 still buried under the rubble.

🎥 @misanharriman

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Oct 15

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Dear Friends,
Something to reflect upon…
As the exhausted, hungry, wounded, grieving, traumatised Palestinian people move from the South to the North of Gaza once again, they pass through a totally unrecognisable landscape that has been deliberately destroyed. A barren grey wasteland of broken concrete rubble and toxic dust…
The aftermath of a war where over 100,000 tonnes of explosives were dropped upon the Gaza Strip. The nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima was equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT.
Israel carried out 12,000 massacres.
2,200 families have been completely wiped out, with
62,000 Palestinian deaths or disappearances, including over 10,000 still buried under the rubble.

🎥 @misanharriman

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends…
The GENOCIDE of GAZA is one of the GREATEST STAINS ON ALL HUMANITY!
The reverberations from this will last throughout eternity.
Don’t be misled or complacent - While the ‘Peace’ agreement brings ‘some’ respite ( many bombs have continued to be dropped with many killed in the last few days)… The destruction is devastatingly overwhelming.. The people of Gazaare still STARVING…All the infrastructures have been destroyed, leaving rubble and toxic asbestos filled dust everywhere. There are more CHILD AMPUTEES than anywhere else on earth!!
The list of HORROR is endless!
THIS IS WHY WE MUST KEEP PROTESTING!!!!!!

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Oct 12

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Dear Friends…
The GENOCIDE of GAZA is one of the GREATEST STAINS ON ALL HUMANITY!
The reverberations from this will last throughout eternity.
Don’t be misled or complacent - While the ‘Peace’ agreement brings ‘some’ respite ( many bombs have continued to be dropped with many killed in the last few days)… The destruction is devastatingly overwhelming.. The people of Gazaare still STARVING…All the infrastructures have been destroyed, leaving rubble and toxic asbestos filled dust everywhere. There are more CHILD AMPUTEES than anywhere else on earth!!
The list of HORROR is endless!
THIS IS WHY WE MUST KEEP PROTESTING!!!!!!

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
Dr Husam Abu Safiya has been held in Israeli prison for FAR TOO LONG!!!!
He MUST be released!!!
DR HUSAM ABU SAFIYA ….
find out how you can support the demand for his release at
actionnetwork.org
and Amnesty International
THERE IS FAR MORE WORK TO BE DONE!!!

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Oct 11

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Dear Friends,
Dr Husam Abu Safiya has been held in Israeli prison for FAR TOO LONG!!!!
He MUST be released!!!
DR HUSAM ABU SAFIYA ….
find out how you can support the demand for his release at
actionnetwork.org
and Amnesty International
THERE IS FAR MORE WORK TO BE DONE!!!

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officialannielennox

My daughter @talilennox & many other fantastic artists are releasing signed edition prints with 100% of profits going directly to @thezaynabproject, supporting their mission to deliver life-saving aid to vulnerable children and families in Gaza.

The archival pigment prints are available to purchase now until October 24th. You can purchase from @white_label_editions ( link in stories )

Participating artists -

Maripol

Matthew Stone

Hazem Harb

Eddie Peake

Adham Faramawy

Tomo Campbell

Tali Lennox

Martin Creed

Kenny Scharf

Nabil Elderkin

Lina Iris Viktor

Patrick Martinez

Millie Brown

Vinca Petersen

Nada Baraka

Miles Greenberg

Romane De Watteville

Gaia

Curated by @milliebrownworld

The Zaynab Project is a registered 501(c)(3) charity in the US: NR.99-4296338

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Oct 10

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My daughter @talilennox & many other fantastic artists are releasing signed edition prints with 100% of profits going directly to @thezaynabproject, supporting their mission to deliver life-saving aid to vulnerable children and families in Gaza.

The archival pigment prints are available to purchase now until October 24th. You can purchase from @white_label_editions ( link in stories )

Participating artists -

Maripol

Matthew Stone

Hazem Harb

Eddie Peake

Adham Faramawy

Tomo Campbell

Tali Lennox

Martin Creed

Kenny Scharf

Nabil Elderkin

Lina Iris Viktor

Patrick Martinez

Millie Brown

Vinca Petersen

Nada Baraka

Miles Greenberg

Romane De Watteville

Gaia

Curated by @milliebrownworld

The Zaynab Project is a registered 501(c)(3) charity in the US: NR.99-4296338

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
Every single one of these numbers represents a precious human life..
Gaza is already decimated.
How much LONGER will they continue this carnage??!!!
Until every single Palestinian life is erased???!!!!
Saturday the 11th 12 noon, London embankment.. Join the March to stop the genocide and Let Gaza Live!!!!

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Oct 8

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Dear Friends,
Every single one of these numbers represents a precious human life..
Gaza is already decimated.
How much LONGER will they continue this carnage??!!!
Until every single Palestinian life is erased???!!!!
Saturday the 11th 12 noon, London embankment.. Join the March to stop the genocide and Let Gaza Live!!!!

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
After two years of witnessing the abject horror of violence being carried out on an industrial scale, I can’t help but wonder what it means in terms of how it affects everyone. Not only the victims of violence.. but the perpetrators..
When you hurt others by pulling the trigger of a gun, or pressing the button to drop the bomb… surely it must leave some kind of indelible mark upon your very soul? And then we see the more ‘casual’ face to face kicking, beating and punching..
Does that make the abuser feel ‘good’ afterwards?
There’s something psychotic that is unleashed when people are given ‘permission’ or ‘command’ to hurt others.
I cannot comprehend it.
The WORST impulse of all humanity.
#ceasefire #stopkillingchildren
#endthegenocide

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Oct 5

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Dear Friends,
After two years of witnessing the abject horror of violence being carried out on an industrial scale, I can’t help but wonder what it means in terms of how it affects everyone. Not only the victims of violence.. but the perpetrators..
When you hurt others by pulling the trigger of a gun, or pressing the button to drop the bomb… surely it must leave some kind of indelible mark upon your very soul? And then we see the more ‘casual’ face to face kicking, beating and punching..
Does that make the abuser feel ‘good’ afterwards?
There’s something psychotic that is unleashed when people are given ‘permission’ or ‘command’ to hurt others.
I cannot comprehend it.
The WORST impulse of all humanity.
#ceasefire #stopkillingchildren
#endthegenocide

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
THIS is RIGHTEOUS anger!
What is taking place in Gaza is NOT a war… It is a GENOCIDE…
Not only against adults, but upon CHILDREN!!!
Soldiers and grown men in suits have been BOMBING - TARGETING - MUTILATING - BURNING - TORTURING and DELIBERATELY STARVING CHILDREN!!!
Babies and children cannot retaliate. THEY cannot fight back.. It’s a long line from the one who pulls the trigger.. the one who gives the order to drop the bomb to blast a hospital - a school - a shelter.. to the ones who manufacture the weapons.
And they ALL KNOW their part in it. IT IS NOT A WAR!!!!

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Oct 4

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Dear Friends,
THIS is RIGHTEOUS anger!
What is taking place in Gaza is NOT a war… It is a GENOCIDE…
Not only against adults, but upon CHILDREN!!!
Soldiers and grown men in suits have been BOMBING - TARGETING - MUTILATING - BURNING - TORTURING and DELIBERATELY STARVING CHILDREN!!!
Babies and children cannot retaliate. THEY cannot fight back.. It’s a long line from the one who pulls the trigger.. the one who gives the order to drop the bomb to blast a hospital - a school - a shelter.. to the ones who manufacture the weapons.
And they ALL KNOW their part in it. IT IS NOT A WAR!!!!

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
I believe every human being has inherent value and is deserving of respect, decency and fundamental human rights. Scanning the news each day inevitably displays the worst behaviours of cruelty, brutality and violence, whether by word or action. The genocide taking place in Gaza is a dystopian form of organised violence of epic proportions. I condemn all racist attacks.. All antisemitic attacks and all anti Islamic attacks.
And it MUST be said that PEACE ACTIVISTS are NOT TERRORISTS!!!
We ALL KNOW the distinction and KNOW when we are being gas-lit!!!
#stopthegenocide #stopkillingchildren
#letgazalive

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Oct 3

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Dear Friends,
I believe every human being has inherent value and is deserving of respect, decency and fundamental human rights. Scanning the news each day inevitably displays the worst behaviours of cruelty, brutality and violence, whether by word or action. The genocide taking place in Gaza is a dystopian form of organised violence of epic proportions. I condemn all racist attacks.. All antisemitic attacks and all anti Islamic attacks.
And it MUST be said that PEACE ACTIVISTS are NOT TERRORISTS!!!
We ALL KNOW the distinction and KNOW when we are being gas-lit!!!
#stopthegenocide #stopkillingchildren
#letgazalive

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officialannielennox

Last chance to grab tickets to view the recording of Annie Lennox in conversation at @vamuseum - the recording will be released Oct 3rd and available to view for one month. Tickets available until 12noon Oct 3rd. LINK IN BIO

Annie Lennox HQ

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Oct 2

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Last chance to grab tickets to view the recording of Annie Lennox in conversation at @vamuseum - the recording will be released Oct 3rd and available to view for one month. Tickets available until 12noon Oct 3rd. LINK IN BIO

Annie Lennox HQ

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
Imagine barricading yourself into your apartment, with bomb blasts and the sounds of gunshot pops getting closer and closer. Gaza city is being invaded on the ground, while those who stayed are being forced to hide, knowing that they have a very high chance of being killed.
This post was sent 13 hours ago, and I don’t know whether the journalist Ibrahim has managed to survive. Such appalling circumstances.. worse than any horror story, yet in real life on a massive scale.
THIS is our world today.
While the peace activists on the Sumud Flotilla have been arrested and kidnapped.
No words left…
#ceasefire #stopthegenocide
#kierstarmer #labourparty

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Oct 2

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Dear Friends,
Imagine barricading yourself into your apartment, with bomb blasts and the sounds of gunshot pops getting closer and closer. Gaza city is being invaded on the ground, while those who stayed are being forced to hide, knowing that they have a very high chance of being killed.
This post was sent 13 hours ago, and I don’t know whether the journalist Ibrahim has managed to survive. Such appalling circumstances.. worse than any horror story, yet in real life on a massive scale.
THIS is our world today.
While the peace activists on the Sumud Flotilla have been arrested and kidnapped.
No words left…
#ceasefire #stopthegenocide
#kierstarmer #labourparty

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
Babies and children being shot in the head…
What???!!!
Let me repeat -
Babies and children being shot in the head.
And yet they have the audacity to stand before the entire world, as if they are ‘in charge’ as if they have the ‘authority’ - as if these acts aren’t SICK - BARBAROUS and MONSTROUS!!!!
SHAME ON THE SUPPORTERS OF GENOCIDE!!!
SHAME ON THE CONTRIBUTORS OF GENOCIDE!!

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Oct 1

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Dear Friends,
Babies and children being shot in the head…
What???!!!
Let me repeat -
Babies and children being shot in the head.
And yet they have the audacity to stand before the entire world, as if they are ‘in charge’ as if they have the ‘authority’ - as if these acts aren’t SICK - BARBAROUS and MONSTROUS!!!!
SHAME ON THE SUPPORTERS OF GENOCIDE!!!
SHAME ON THE CONTRIBUTORS OF GENOCIDE!!

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officialannielennox

Dear Friends,
THIS ——— THIS HAS TO STOP!!!!! STOP THIS EVIL GENOCIDE!!!!
STOP KILLING AND WOUNDING INNOCENT CHILDREN !!!!
SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!!!!
MEN IN SUITS - COLD HEARTED KILLERS OF CHILDREN!!!!!! @kierstarmer @yvettecooper @thelabourparty

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Sep 30

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Dear Friends,
THIS ——— THIS HAS TO STOP!!!!! STOP THIS EVIL GENOCIDE!!!!
STOP KILLING AND WOUNDING INNOCENT CHILDREN !!!!
SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!!!!
MEN IN SUITS - COLD HEARTED KILLERS OF CHILDREN!!!!!! @kierstarmer @yvettecooper @thelabourparty

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