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Or what, should we start like this?

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Of course she wants to call out to [br]someone or have a chat.

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This initiative was designed for women.

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We chose to work with women, on account[br]of the many difficult experiences

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during the war;

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like living in tents, they are facing [br]many challenging circumstances.

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There are many participants, for whom[br]this was their first time drawing.

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And their very first time participating in[br]animated films.

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This motivated us to work with several[br]displaced women living in tents.

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This group of people really need to be [br]doing something with their hands.

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To produce something that they want[br]to communicate to society.

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First we participated in character [br]development;

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So I designed a woman character dressed[br]in the traditional peasant dress (thob).

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I based the character off of one of my[br]friends; she's a mother to a daughter

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who is engaged to be married.

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She's talking about the privacy [br]or lack-thereof in the tents-

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She's unable to speak freely with her[br]fiancee,

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her siblings always come out[br]this or that side.

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I also participated in some voice acting [br]portraying an elderly woman, the eldest

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in her family, so she gives advice to the[br]younger girls and comforts them.

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By God, fear not my darlings, God will[br]provide reprieve, and we will return

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to our homes and our loved ones[br]and our country.

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God willing, no one shall [br]reprieve us but God.

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Creating stop motion films can[br]help with emotional release.

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We provide paper, scissor[br]and colors.

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The women create the characters they want,[br]convey the message they wish to express,

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cut them out, color them and [br]then place them on a background image-

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what we refer to as decor.

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They also prepare this background- tents[br]or sitting rooms.

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And they place the character and move it[br]themselves, to convey their messages.

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The challenges were sourcing the [br]materials, particularly the pens and

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colors, because of the war and nothing[br]is coming through the border crossings.

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As well as finding a space to host the [br]activities-

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Previously we would rent a classroom or[br]a room that was fully equipped.

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Now we make do with a tent or the[br]corridor in a school-

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and it's really cramped, making it [br]difficult to work with the target group.

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"It's so hard to speak with with my fiancé[br]in this tent-

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So please, take some cotton and [br]stick it in your ears!"

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Together hand and hand we can maintain[br]a measure of privacy in the tents!

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"Oh my, I can't wait to marry you[br]off and be relieved of you!

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My dear, this is how it is in the [br]tents, aren't you living in one?

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What do you expect!"

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The women expressed that they don't[br]want someone to come and talk

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to them about their issues; they wanted[br]to produce something to communicate

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to others what they were living through,[br]their trials and tribulations.

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To convey their ideas, to say: "we are[br]here, we exist, we can produce things,

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we can make things, we can work,"

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"My role is not just to sit around[br]in the tents and cook and tend to the

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children and that's it."

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"No, I have my own challenges. [br]and things I want to convey to

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a broader audience, whether in the[br]Arab world or internationally. "

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Up until now, we have produced 3-4 stop [br]motion films, sharing stories of displaced

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people in tents in Deir El Balah.

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These films participated in international[br]film festivals.

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And Arab film festivals.

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The Ottawa film festival in Canada.

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And the Audi Film Festival with the film[br]Red Autumn.

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Currently we are subtitling the films[br]to submit them to film festivals

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"By God, enjoy that toy,[br]Uncle Mohamed!"

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" Where are you going red!"

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" Oh beloved father, thank you for[br]the teddy bear!"

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"It's hot man, leave people alone.[br]The teddy bear was for his daughter!"

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"Oh dear, we misjudged that poor man![br]We enjoyed our youth,

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let others enjoy theirs too!.