2024: Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell — many stories, in fact.

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December 13, 2024

The Narrator

Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell — many stories, in fact.

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Banias on the deck of her temporary home in Gaza.

Prologue

Prologue

While on the phone with reporter Maram Hamaid in Gaza, producer Chana Joffe-Walt gets interrupted by Maram’s daughter––Banias, eight, who grabs the phone from her mother and starts telling us about her life. The narrator arrives. (8 minutes)

By Chana Joffe-Walt

Part One

Part One

Banias, an 8-year-old in Gaza, tells us about her life––her friends, the games she plays, the things she cares about. Everything but the war going on around her. (25 minutes)

Part Two

Part Two

Banias talks about the war. (20 minutes)

Song:

“Barbie” by Aqua

 

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