"Hind Rajab, a beautiful 5-year-old girl from northern Gaza, was first terrorized and then murdered alongside six members of her family by Israeli soldiers on January 29, 2024. I can say so with certainty because I've listened to the voice recording she left behind-the last vestige of the little girl's ever having existed. Her remains, a little body, a small skeleton, may now be scattered in the loose earth of northern Gaza."
"I remember first seeing the posts on Twitter. A little girl in Gaza was trapped in a car. The audio recordings of her cries and pleas, posted for all the world to listen to: This couldn't be real, could it? The shock of listening to a child explain that her family was dead and she was scared. Night was falling."
"People around the world reacted to Hind's murder in different ways. Students at Columbia University occupied Hamilton Hall on April 30, 2024, renaming it Hind's Hall. The musician Macklemore released a song honoring the child. And the Tunisian writer and director Kaouther Ben Hania made a film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, the subject of this review. The movie is a work of art-and of humanity. A spare examination of the hours, the eternity, spent by Hind's would-be rescuers as they speak"
Bad things happen in shadows and in places unplumbed by certainty, evoking a fog-of-war atmosphere where the fate of witnesses is unclear. Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old from northern Gaza, was terrorized and murdered with six family members by Israeli soldiers on January 29, 2024. A voice recording of the child survives as the last vestige of her existence. Her remains may be scattered in northern Gaza. Audio of her pleas circulated online, shocking listeners. Global reactions included a Columbia University occupation renaming Hamilton Hall, a tribute song by Macklemore, and a film by Kaouther Ben Hania, The Voice of Hind Rajab, portraying would-be rescuers' hours and eternity.
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