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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.90,0:00:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I turned 19, I started my career
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.56,0:00:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the first female photojournalist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.98,0:00:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.18,0:00:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work as a woman photographer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.29,0:00:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was considered a serious insult
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.40,0:00:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to local traditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.15,0:00:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created a lasting stigma
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.20,0:00:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me and my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.01,0:00:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The male-dominated field made my presence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.02,0:00:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unwelcome by all possible means.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.09,0:00:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They made clear that a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.81,0:00:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must not do a man's job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.41,0:00:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Photo agencies in Gaza refused to train me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.75,0:00:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of my gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.21,0:00:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "No" sign was pretty clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.93,0:00:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three of my colleagues
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.30,0:00:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went as far as to drive me to an open air strike area
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.18,0:00:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the explosion sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.16,0:00:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the only thing I could hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.45,0:00:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dust was flying in the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.57,0:00:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ground was shaking like a swing beneath me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.52,0:00:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only realized we weren't\Nthere to document the event
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.88,0:01:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the three of them got back into the armored Jeep
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.85,0:01:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drove away, waving and laughing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.50,0:01:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving me behind in the open air strike zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.35,0:01:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a moment, I felt terrified,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.39,0:01:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humiliated, and sorry for myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.62,0:01:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My colleagues' action was not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.69,0:01:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only death threat I have received,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.35,0:01:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was the most dangerous one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.39,0:01:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The perception of women's life in Gaza
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.41,0:01:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is passive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.39,0:01:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until a recent time, a lot of \Nwomen were not allowed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.75,0:01:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work or pursue education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.72,0:01:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times of such doubled war including
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.79,0:01:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both social restrictions on women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.97,0:01:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.95,0:01:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women's dark and bright stories were fading away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.97,0:01:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To men, women's stories were seen
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.30,0:01:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as inconsequential.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.26,0:01:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started paying closer attention
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.33,0:01:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to women's lives in Gaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.37,0:02:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of my gender, I had access
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.06,0:02:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to worlds where my colleagues were forbidden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.64,0:02:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond the obvious pain and struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.08,0:02:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a healthy dose
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.86,0:02:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of laughter and accomplishments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.68,0:02:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In front of a police compound in Gaza City
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.20,0:02:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the first war in Gaza,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.24,0:02:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an Israeli air raid managed to destroy the compound
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.59,0:02:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and break my nose.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.74,0:02:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a moment, all I saw was white, bright white,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.35,0:02:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like these lights.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.85,0:02:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought to myself I either got blind
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.21,0:02:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or I was in heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.10,0:02:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I managed to open my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.32,0:02:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had documented this moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.53,0:02:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mohammed Khader, a Palestinian worker
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.87,0:02:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who spent two decades in Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.04,0:02:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as his retirement plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.94,0:02:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he decided to build a four-floor house,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.27,0:02:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only by the first field operation at his neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.56,0:03:02.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the house was flattened to the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.100,0:03:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing was left but the pigeons he raised
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a jacuzzi, a bathtub
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.71,0:03:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he got from Tel Aviv.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.95,0:03:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mohammed got the bathtub
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.75,0:03:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the top of the rubble
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.52,0:03:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started giving his kids
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.14,0:03:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an every morning bubble bath.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.20,0:03:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work is not meant to hide the scars of war,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.46,0:03:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to show the full frame
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.54,0:03:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of unseen stories of Gazans.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.75,0:03:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Palestinian female photographer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.12,0:03:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the journey of struggle, survival and everyday life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.83,0:03:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has inspired me to overcome the community taboo
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.15,0:03:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see a different side of war and its aftermath.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.32,0:03:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became a witness with a choice:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.39,0:03:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run away or stand still.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.17,0:03:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.41,0:03:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)