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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.98,0:00:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.16,0:00:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my first trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.74,0:00:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first time in life I'm outside\Nof the walls of Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.100,0:00:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so happy to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.14,0:00:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.08,0:00:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My ambition always was\Nto be a pilot, to fly a plane,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.61,0:00:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel free to fly the sky,\Nto touch the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.32,0:00:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that didn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.22,0:00:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simply, I live in Gaza,\Nthere is no airport.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.13,0:00:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All borders are closed on every side.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.93,0:00:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in one of the biggest\Nprisons in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.10,0:00:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing I can do\Nis just to look up to the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.44,0:00:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On some days, we are lucky\Nif we have electricity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.76,0:00:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for four or five hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.01,0:01:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it's cold, we make a fire\Non the front or on the roof of our homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.19,0:01:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we make food, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.04,0:01:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job in Gaza is to arrange everything\Nfor journalists who come to my homeland
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.32,0:01:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell the stories about what's\Ngoing on in Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.08,0:01:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many mornings, I had to go\Nto the border area
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.23,0:01:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collect a journalist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.90,0:01:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything should happen\Nto the journalist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.19,0:01:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if the journalist decides\Nto cover a story
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.63,0:01:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government doesn't want us to cover,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.36,0:01:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad things could happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.73,0:01:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Navigating through my country\Nhelping journalists,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.01,0:01:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filmmakers, news crews is my working life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.61,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe my success comes\Nfrom building a relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.07,0:01:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only with journalists\Nand the news crews,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.36,0:01:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with the communities\Nin the Gaza Strip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.81,0:01:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These communities who don't want\Ntheir stories to be told,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.63,0:02:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never looked to them\Nas stories or numbers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.74,0:02:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But like me, they are human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.70,0:02:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have built up many relationships\Nover 10 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.58,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.13,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This gives me the chance\Nto get access to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.62,0:02:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stories that others can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.26,0:02:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some certain situations,\NI feel, as a woman, I have more power.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.47,0:02:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many male journalists in my society,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.07,0:02:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they want to cover a story about\Ndrug addiction in my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.69,0:02:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That problem started when the\NGaza tunnel was being built.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.41,0:02:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the siege on Gaza,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.62,0:02:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tunnels brought people all the basic needs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.28,0:02:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like food, building material,\Nother stuff we needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.79,0:02:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not anymore, because the Egyptian side\Nflooded them up with water
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.60,0:02:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are not working anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.39,0:03:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drugs were being smuggled,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.52,0:03:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many young people got addicted, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.22,0:03:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the tradition of the\NPalestinian society,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.09,0:03:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's forbidden for men\Nto enter the household.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.00,0:03:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, no male journalists get the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.42,0:03:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.90,0:03:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a wonderful husband,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.87,0:03:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wonderful husband who supports me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.69,0:03:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite all the criticism\Nhe gets from the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.81,0:03:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's at home now with my two kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.58,0:03:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have another one\Nthat's growing in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.87,0:03:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.59,0:03:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm working,\NI call him every two hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.96,0:03:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he knows if he doesn't hear from me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.78,0:03:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he should call my contact,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.23,0:03:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one who gives me access to the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.41,0:03:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the one who I trust.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.10,0:03:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the times in Gaza,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.15,0:04:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the kidnapping\Nof the British journalist Alan Johnston,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.12,0:04:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asked by an American magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.04,0:04:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to set up a meeting\Nwith the kidnappers in Gaza, and I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.01,0:04:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The journalist covering the story and I
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.35,0:04:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were asked to meet outside of his hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.86,0:04:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came, they picked us up\Nin a black van with black windows,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.76,0:04:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were wearing masks on that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.14,0:04:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they drove us away,\Nfar away in the middle of a field.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.97,0:04:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took our cell phones
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.46,0:04:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we did the interview with\Nthe kidnapper outside in that field.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.58,0:04:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so scared that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.38,0:04:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a day I will never forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.69,0:04:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why do I do what I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.04,0:04:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do it because I believe if I didn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.39,0:05:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a huge part of the story\Nabout Gaza will be missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.74,0:05:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some more stories\NI could tel you about my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.15,0:05:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not all of them are bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.92,0:05:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love my country, despite\Nthe terrible situation we live in --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.59,0:05:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,siege, poverty, unemployment --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.53,0:05:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.64,0:05:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who are dreamers\Nand amazing people full of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.28,0:05:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have wonderful music,\Nand a great music school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.13,0:05:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have parkour dancers\Nwho dance in the rubble of their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.60,0:05:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Gaza is the only place\Nin the Arab world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.92,0:05:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Muslims and Christians\Nlive in strong brotherhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.56,0:05:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.68,0:05:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the time of war,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.26,0:05:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hardest part for me\Nis leaving the house early in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.35,0:05:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving my children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.05,0:06:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take a picture of them everyday
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.40,0:06:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I never know\Nif I will make it back to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.36,0:06:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being a fixer and a journalist\Nis difficult and dangerous in Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.53,0:06:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I hear the sound of the shelling\Nor the sound of the bombing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.24,0:06:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just head straight toward it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.20,0:06:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want to be there first,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.20,0:06:29.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these stories should be told.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.60,0:06:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my children were small\Nand we heard the sound of the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.38,0:06:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to telling them\Nthat they were fireworks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.24,0:06:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they are older, they understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.47,0:06:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do have terrible nightmares
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.68,0:06:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of all that I witnessed\Nduring war times,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.92,0:06:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially these lifeless bodies\Nof young children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.20,0:07:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember a little girl,\Nher name is Hala.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.50,0:07:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's the only survivor from her family.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.81,0:07:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her picture will be with me forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.90,0:07:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never forget her.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.74,0:07:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm proud that I can stand here\Nand be here today with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.22,0:07:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm proud that I can tell you\Nstories, sad and happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.68,0:07:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories about my small corner\Nof the world, Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.18,0:07:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm proud that I am the first female fixer\Nworking in Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.20,0:07:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the funny thing is\Nthey call me Mr. Rambo in Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.85,0:07:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.68,0:07:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope one day, I will get the chance\Nto tell the stories of all other women,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.65,0:07:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all other amazing women\NI know in my country.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.19,0:07:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that one day\NI can help other women in my country
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.23,0:07:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be fixers like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.44,0:07:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course sometimes,\NI feel I can't do this work anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.77,0:08:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just too much for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.04,0:08:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I remember these words:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.60,0:08:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't limit your challenge,\Nbut challenge your limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.17,0:08:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't allow others to stand\Nin front of your dreams."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.50,0:08:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.69,0:08:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)