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Personal Stories From Gaza Screen at Amman Festival Via Rashid Masharawi’s Bold Film Initiative, From Ground Zero


Powerful personal stories from Gaza screen at the Amman Film Festival and beyond, via Rashid Masharawi’s Ground Zero initiative.

AMMAN, Jordan — As Gaza remains engulfed in one of the most devastating conflicts in its modern history, Gaza-born Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi is focused on something both impossibly difficult and urgently necessary: storytelling. Despite working remotely with a team of five assistants inside Gaza, he served as the artistic advisor and story mentor, ensuring the filmmakers had both structure and creative freedom. Internet access often meant venturing into high-risk areas near hospitals and media tents, locations frequently targeted by Israeli airstrikes.

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