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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.82,0:00:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or what, should we start like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.41,0:00:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course she wants to call out to \Nsomeone or have a chat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.26,0:00:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This initiative was designed for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.21,0:00:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We chose to work with women, on account\Nof the many difficult experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.21,0:00:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the war;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.69,0:00:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like living in tents, they are facing \Nmany challenging circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.32,0:00:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many participants, for whom\Nthis was their first time drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.23,0:00:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their very first time participating in\Nanimated films.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.36,0:00:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This motivated us to work with several\Ndisplaced women living in tents.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.86,0:00:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group of people really need to be \Ndoing something with their hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.44,0:00:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To produce something that they want\Nto communicate to society.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.21,0:00:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First we participated in character \Ndevelopment;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.24,0:00:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I designed a woman character dressed\Nin the traditional peasant dress (thob).
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.06,0:00:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I based the character off of one of my\Nfriends; she's a mother to a daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.06,0:00:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is engaged to be married.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.16,0:01:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's talking about the privacy \Nor lack-thereof in the tents-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.44,0:01:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's unable to speak freely with her\Nfiancee,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.71,0:01:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her siblings always come out\Nthis or that side.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.26,0:01:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also participated in some voice acting \Nportraying an elderly woman, the eldest
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.26,0:01:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in her family, so she gives advice to the\Nyounger girls and comforts them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.96,0:01:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By God, fear not my darlings, God will\Nprovide reprieve, and we will return
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.96,0:01:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our homes and our loved ones\Nand our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.28,0:01:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God willing, no one shall \Nreprieve us but God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.88,0:01:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating stop motion films can\Nhelp with emotional release.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.80,0:01:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We provide paper, scissor\Nand colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.13,0:01:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women create the characters they want,\Nconvey the message they wish to express,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.03,0:01:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut them out, color them and \Nthen place them on a background image-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.36,0:01:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we refer to as decor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.45,0:01:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also prepare this background- tents\Nor sitting rooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.45,0:01:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they place the character and move it\Nthemselves, to convey their messages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.46,0:01:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The challenges were sourcing the \Nmaterials, particularly the pens and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.48,0:02:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colors, because of the war and nothing\Nis coming through the border crossings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.47,0:02:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As well as finding a space to host the \Nactivities-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.96,0:02:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Previously we would rent a classroom or\Na room that was fully equipped.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we make do with a tent or the\Ncorridor in a school-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.16,0:02:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's really cramped, making it \Ndifficult to work with the target group.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.22,0:02:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's so hard to speak with with my fiancé\Nin this tent-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.07,0:02:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please, take some cotton and \Nstick it in your ears!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.80,0:02:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together hand and hand we can maintain\Na measure of privacy in the tents!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.34,0:02:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my, I can't wait to marry you\Noff and be relieved of you!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.43,0:02:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dear, this is how it is in the \Ntents, aren't you living in one?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.28,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you expect!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.76,0:02:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women expressed that they don't\Nwant someone to come and talk
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.77,0:02:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to them about their issues; they wanted\Nto produce something to communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.77,0:02:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to others what they were living through,\Ntheir trials and tribulations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.05,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To convey their ideas, to say: "we are\Nhere, we exist, we can produce things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.05,0:02:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can make things, we can work,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.27,0:02:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My role is not just to sit around\Nin the tents and cook and tend to the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.78,0:02:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children and that's it."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.15,0:03:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, I have my own challenges. \Nand things I want to convey to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.15,0:03:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a broader audience, whether in the\NArab world or internationally. "
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.32,0:03:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up until now, we have produced 3-4 stop \Nmotion films, sharing stories of displaced
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.32,0:03:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in tents in Deir El Balah.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.54,0:03:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These films participated in international\Nfilm festivals.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.54,0:03:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Arab film festivals.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.74,0:03:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ottawa film festival in Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.100,0:03:21.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Audi Film Festival with the film\NRed Autumn.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.100,0:03:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently we are subtitling the films\Nto submit them to film festivals
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.63,0:03:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By God, enjoy that toy,\NUncle Mohamed!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.79,0:03:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," Where are you going red!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.52,0:03:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,," Oh beloved father, thank you for\Nthe teddy bear!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.04,0:03:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's hot man, leave people alone.\NThe teddy bear was for his daughter!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.43,0:03:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh dear, we misjudged that poor man!\NWe enjoyed our youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.26,0:03:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let others enjoy theirs too!.