IN THIS MONOLOGUE A Point in the Sea + Gaza’s Dreams

“Before, you could count how many buildings they destroyed. Now, you count how many buildings they didn’t destroy” — Tarneem Jaber Tarneem Jaber (19 yrs old) was starting her first week of med school on October 7th. Her brother Ahmad (21 yrs old) was in his third year of dental school with only two remaining. Hamza, the oldest (24 yrs old), was supposed to graduate this June: He was a volunteer at Al-Shifa until it was obliterated. The three siblings survived the destruction of their home, food shortages, a long journey to the border, and finding an apartment to rent in Cairo, Egypt. Only a few weeks later they were doing an interview on zoom with a Canadian for a feminist podcast they’d never heard of, telling the story of what they lived and what goes on for the loved ones they left behind. Each of the Jaber siblings chooses a monologue to read: Hamza reads : Yasmeen Abu Amer. Ahmad reads : Ehab Elayan. Tarneem reads : Reema El Sadi. "We relate to every single word in this monologue," Tarneem says. "But this war, is worse than anything we lived before." Support them to complete their mother's parting wish: to finish their education. Thrust into complete independence and faced with international student fees and paying over again for years they already completed, these three brilliant students need your help to fix problems they never should have had to face. Please follow our link: Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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IN THIS MONOLOGUE A Point in the Sea + Gaza’s Dreams is an episode from The Heart by Mermaid Palace, Radiotopia & Kaitlin Prest.

This episode is 01:12:52 long.

This episode was published on Sep 3, 2024.

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