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Palestinian student strums songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza

STORY: Palestinian student strums songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Rahaf Naser playing the guitar and singing 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAHAF NASER, Palestinian student 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RAHAF NASER, Palestinian student 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RAHAF NASER, Palestinian student STORYLINE: Rahaf Naser, 19, moves from one place to another every day, playing guitar and singing to comfort her fellow townsfolk. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAHAF NASER, Palestinian student "I was displaced from my home in the north of the Gaza Strip, to here, to the south. We were displaced because of the continuous bombing around us. So we came here in the first week of the war." Naser then came up with music therapy to help the long-suffering people deal with the bleak reality. But it was not easy as she left behind all musical instruments when fleeing with her family. SO

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240618) -- BEIJING, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, plays the guitar in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. She moves from one place to another every day to play the guitar and sing songs in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city to soothe her fellow townsfolk who have been haunted by persistent Israeli assaults. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240618) -- BEIJING, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, plays the guitar in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. She moves from one place to another every day to play the guitar and sing songs in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city to soothe her fellow townsfolk who have been haunted by persistent Israeli assaults. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-VOLUNTEER-MUSIC

(240617) -- GAZA, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, poses for photos in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Volunteers strum songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-GAZA-VOLUNTEER-MUSIC

(240617) -- GAZA, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, plays the guitar in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Volunteers strum songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-GAZA-VOLUNTEER-MUSIC

(240617) -- GAZA, June 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, plays the guitar in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Volunteers strum songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-GAZA-VOLUNTEER-MUSIC

(240617) -- GAZA, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, poses for photos in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Volunteers strum songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-VOLUNTEER-MUSIC

(240617) -- GAZA, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, plays the guitar in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Volunteers strum songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-VOLUNTEER-MUSIC

(240617) -- GAZA, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Naser, a 19-year-old Palestinian student, plays the guitar in central Gaza Strip's Deir al-Balah city, on June 5, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Volunteers strum songs of hope to soothe broken people in Gaza" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-THREAD-PIN-ARTIST

(220219) -- SWEIDA (SYRIA), Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Sharani, an art teacher and a designer, creats a pin and thread art work in Sweida city, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. Amid life's endless challenges in Syria, 27-year-old Rahaf Sharani has managed to make time to revive the old pin and thread art her parents once practiced in their hometown in Sweida city in southern Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Syrian mother revives old pin, thread art

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-THREAD-PIN-ARTIST

(220219) -- SWEIDA (SYRIA), Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Sharani, an art teacher and a designer, shows her pin and thread art works in Sweida city, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. Amid life's endless challenges in Syria, 27-year-old Rahaf Sharani has managed to make time to revive the old pin and thread art her parents once practiced in their hometown in Sweida city in southern Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Syrian mother revives old pin, thread art

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-THREAD-PIN-ARTIST

(220219) -- SWEIDA (SYRIA), Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Sharani, an art teacher and a designer, creats a pin and thread art work in Sweida city, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. Amid life's endless challenges in Syria, 27-year-old Rahaf Sharani has managed to make time to revive the old pin and thread art her parents once practiced in their hometown in Sweida city in southern Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Syrian mother revives old pin, thread art

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-THREAD-PIN-ARTIST

(220219) -- SWEIDA (SYRIA), Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Sharani, an art teacher and a designer, shows her pin and thread art works in Sweida city, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. Amid life's endless challenges in Syria, 27-year-old Rahaf Sharani has managed to make time to revive the old pin and thread art her parents once practiced in their hometown in Sweida city in southern Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Syrian mother revives old pin, thread art

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SYRIA-SWEIDA-THREAD-PIN-ARTIST

(220219) -- SWEIDA (SYRIA), Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rahaf Sharani, an art teacher and a designer, creats a pin and thread art work in Sweida city, Syria, on Jan. 23, 2022. Amid life's endless challenges in Syria, 27-year-old Rahaf Sharani has managed to make time to revive the old pin and thread art her parents once practiced in their hometown in Sweida city in southern Syria. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Syrian mother revives old pin, thread art