🟥 2 Pieces of Good News, 2 Pieces of Bad News (A personal update on my work and my health).
Friends, I want to quickly share two pieces of good news with you, and two pieces of bad news.
🟢 The Good News
First, we crossed our big goal of 2,500 paid members. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This community is growing stronger every single day. Our next targets are 3,000, then 5,000, then 10,000. The current leader in our News category on Substack has over 25,000 members — and he’s an open Zionist. Inshallah, we will catch up.
Second, we are now officially #2 in traffic and engagement for all news platforms on Substack. That means we are punching way above our weight — one of the biggest independent news voices on this entire platform. And it’s because of you.
🔴 The Bad News
On a personal note — many of you know that I had major spinal surgery in March, where two discs in my neck were removed and replaced with titanium cages. Unfortunately, doctors now say that two more discs need to be replaced.
On top of that, I’ve developed nerve damage in both arms, which also requires surgery. Right now, I can barely type at all. I am in excruciating pain 24 hours a day, and I am having to learn how to use speech-to-text software just to keep working. After a lifetime of writing one way, it isn’t easy.
I’d love your prayers for me and my family. It’s a lot for all of us.
🟢 But Let Me Say This
Every single day, when the pain is overwhelming, I think about my peers in Gaza — men and women with spinal injuries and nerve damage who cannot get surgery at all, who don’t even have pain medicine.
And I remind myself: I will give this my best, and I will work until I cannot work anymore.
My local imam has helped me see that Allah can use this pain to purify me and improve me as a Muslim. And so, Alhamdulillah, I accept it.
Love and appreciate each of you. Thank you for walking with me through the good and the bad.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun
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Shaun, thank you for all your diligent research, witness, and love in your quest for reporting the truth about Gaza and other horrific injustices. I have learned so much from you over the years. I know you are in so much agony but it gives me hope that you are surrounded by a loving family-- your own and all of us readers who appreciate you so much. May you find rest and peace when you need it as you continue your medical treatment. We are all rooting for your recovery.
Praying for you Shaun. I hope you and your family have peace and much healing as you move through your procedures. Thank you for providing this necessary reporting.