Wednesday, March 26, 2008

"...this Gaza!"

A video collage of news footage from Gaza, focusing on children and the recent attention on Hamas TV's programming. "...this Gaza" refers to Ghassan Kanafani's Letter from Gaza (1956), from Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories.

Video sources:

Al Jazeera English, "Gaza's political children's show," 26 Feb 08

Al Jazeera English, "Gaza's lost childhood," 23 Mar 08

CNN Headline News, Glenn Beck Show, 13 Feb 08

Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority (Documentary, 2006)



- freddy

2 comments:

the COOL class said...

This is pretty powerful. Seeing the two sides like that juxtaposed. It really shows that hate and war is generating more hate. It was pretty intense when that little girl started ranting about the gas. She seemed so much more mature than she looked. As though she were imitating her mother...

the COOL class said...

-Jason (I posted at 6:48AM) Well, actually at 9:48, but whatever.