11th Int'l Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts held in Cairo

STORY: 11th Int'l Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts held in Cairo SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: Egypt's 11th International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts is being held in Cairo, attracting participants from 30 countries and regions. Under the slogan of "Drums for Peace Dialogue," the festival, which kicked off on Sunday and runs through June 1, calls on artistic groups from many countries to share their musical vision, encourage cultural dialogue and embrace peace and inclusiveness worldwide. The festival's events will be held in various venues in Cairo, including the Northern Wall Theater, the Cairo Opera House, the Sinnari House in Sayyida Zainab neighborhood, and Prince Taz Palace. During the opening ceremony at the Northern Wall Theater in old Cairo, Intisar Abdel-Fattah, president and founder of the festival, held an artistic workshop in the presence of all pa

Palestinian teacher volunteers to offer free education to displaced children in Gaza

STORY: Palestinian teacher volunteers to offer free education to displaced children in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shelter school 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): INTISAR AL-ARABID, Palestinian teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HEBA HAMAD, Palestinian student STORYLINE: After the Israeli attacks forced many children in the Gaza Strip to flee their homes and schools, Intisar al-Arabid, a Gaza-based Palestinian teacher, launched her own initiative to teach displaced students in her shelter in the southern city of Rafah. Al-Arabid offers free lessons to school-age children at the al-Quds primary school in Rafah, which has been turned into a shelter for displaced people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): INTISAR AL-ARABID, Palestinian teacher "Because of the war, the children suffer from anxiety and worry. But later, they become ready to receive their lessons. Our children prove to the world that even if they

Psychological trauma haunts children in Gaza amid conflicts

STORY: Psychological trauma haunts children in Gaza amid conflicts DATELINE: June 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an Israeli airstrike against a Palestinian house in Gaza 2. various of Palestinian children 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANIN ABU OBAID, Palestinian girl 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-DIRAWI, Palestinian boy 5. various of Palestinian children 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): INTISAR AL-MASRI, Local woman who lost her house during the conflict 7. various of Palestinian children 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): SAMI OWAIDA, Gaza-based psychiatrist and head of the nongovernmental Gaza Community Mental Health Programme STORYLINE: Nightmares haunt Hanin Abu Obaid, an 11-year-old girl in the Gaza Strip after she lost her family's houses during the Israeli airstrikes earlier in May. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANIN ABU OBAID, Palestinian girl "When I hear the sound of a plane, I feel terrified that a house might be bombed. Since the beginning of the war, I

Newly displaced families in Gaza stuck in uncertainty

STORY: Newly displaced families in Gaza stuck in uncertainty DATELINE: May 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:11 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the damaged houses 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): INTISAR AL-MASRI, Gaza resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): RAMI AL-MASRI, Gaza resident STORYLINE: The Hamas-run government in Gaza said Thursday that more than 30 houses were damaged and became uninhabitable, while 360 others were partially affected by the Israeli airstrikes. On Wednesday night, the house of the al-Masri family from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia was destroyed by Israeli warplanes. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): INTISAR AL-MASRI, Gaza resident "We were at home with our sons and their children. Our neighbor called us, telling us that the army asked us to evacuate the house, as it may be bombed. We were confused and scared and ran away from the house without taking anything from it." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): RAMI AL-MASRI, Gaza resident "After we evacuated the house, we went to the