"We're here trying to present so many activities for children to live in a positive vibe, said Minass al-Jabour, the initiative's media coordinator. So we are trying to make them skip the scenes, the hard scenes that they were living during the war in Gaza."
"This is something new for me. I came out of the war, and they are giving us many activities, including cinema and we really enjoyed it, Sara Abu Sharbi, a displaced girl in the camp, told Al Jazeera, against a backdrop of flimsy tents and rubble-strewn buildings."
"Palestinian filmmaker Mustafa al-Nabih, who is also taking part in the initiative, said he believes art, like cinema, is a way for children to hold on to hope and imagination. A child who has"
Volunteers have established a makeshift outdoor cinema in a Gaza City displacement camp to provide children with rare moments of fun, normalcy, and solace amid ongoing violence and ceasefire violations. The screenings create positive activities intended to let children momentarily escape traumatic scenes experienced during more than two years of bombardment and displacement. Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed at least 20,000 children and injured tens of thousands since October 7, 2023, with at least 55,000 children losing one or both parents and 92 percent of schools severely damaged or destroyed. Filmmakers and coordinators view art and cinema as ways to sustain hope and imagination.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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