Once budding oud player Palestinian boy embraces violin after losing one hand

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  • Title: Once budding oud player Palestinian boy embraces violin after losing one hand
  • Date: 22nd October 2024
  • Summary: Once budding oud player Palestinian boy embraces violin after losing one hand SHOTLIST: GAZA, PALESTINE (OCT. 15, 2024) (AAVN - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF AMPUTEE PALESTINIAN BOY, MOHAMMED ABU EISA PUTTING PROSTHETIC HAND ON, ON RUBBLE 2. VARIOUS OF MOHAMMED ABU EISA LEARNING TO PLAY VIOLIN WITH HIS TEACHER, SAMA RAMI NIJM ON RUBBLE 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AMPUTEE PALESTINIAN BOY, MOHAMMED ABU EISA SPEAKING: "My name is Mohammed Abu Eisa, I am 14 years old, and I am displaced in Jabalia Camp. I fled with my mother and sister to Nuseirat, while my father stayed in the north. We sought shelter in a school, but it was hit by an airstrike, and a piece of shrapnel lodged in my hand, causing me to lose it. I was learning to play the oud, but after losing my hand, I switched to the violin, since it requires only one hand. Just yesterday, I received a non-movable prosthetic hand. My hope is to one day have a movable prosthetic so I can eat, drink, and play the oud again. I met Sama, [his music teacher Sama Rami Nijm] who kindly taught me how to play the violin." 4. MUSIC TEACHER, SAMA RAMI NIJM PLAYING VIOLIN ON RUBBLE (TWO SHOTS) "My name is Sama Rami Nijm, I am 16 years old, a violinist and singer from the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. During the war, I decided to teach children how to play the violin by organizing activities for them in schools, centers, and refugee camps. Mohammed was a special child, and his dream was to become a musician and play the oud. But after losing his hand, he couldn't fulfill that dream. That's when I decided to turn Mohammed's nightmare into a new dream. I wanted to teach him music and help him continue on a path where he could play the violin, a new instrument for him. Before, we would tie a scarf around Mohammed's hand to assist him in playing. But now, with the prosthetic, we're starting over, and it may be easier this time. Hopefully, he'll receive a movable prosthetic soon, allowing him to play and learn even better. The war is not the end of the world. We are striving to rise above our circumstances, to escape the war, bombings, and devastating scenes we witness every day—through music. Music transports us to another world and is our only refuge in this war. For us, music is the beginning of every dream, not the end. It’s the start of children’s dreams, not the end of them. Even though I’m still young, what I’m doing feels significant because this is my dream, too. I’m trying to help many children pursue their dreams of learning music, a dream I haven’t been able to fully achieve myself. 5. NIJM PLAYING VIOLIN ON RUBBLE SCRIPT A 14-year-old Palestinian boy Mohammed Abu Eisa lost his hand in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has overcome his challenges and found a way to play music again using a prosthetic limb. Originally a budding oud player, Mohammed found solace in the strings of a violin. This instrument, requiring the dexterity of only one hand, allowed him to rekindle his connection to music. With the recent gift of a non-movable prosthetic hand, Mohammed's aspirations have grown. He dreams of one day acquiring a multi-articulated prosthetic that will allow him to play the oud again. After fleeing with his family to the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Mohammed was able to rekindle his passion for music with the support of music teacher Sama Rami Nijm. "I was learning to play the oud, but after losing my hand, I switched to the violin, since it requires only one hand. Just yesterday, I received a non-movable prosthetic hand. My hope is to one day have a movable prosthetic so I can eat, drink, and play the oud again. I met Sama, [his music teacher Sama Rami Nijm] who kindly taught me how to play the violin," he said. His music teacher, Sama, also explained her motivation saying that: "During the war, I decided to teach children how to play the violin by organizing activities for them in schools, centers, and refugee camps." "Mohammed was a special child, and his dream was to become a musician and play the oud. But after losing his hand, he couldn't fulfill that dream. That's when I decided to turn Mohammed's nightmare into a new dream," she added. The Israeli army has continued its massive offensive in northern Gaza, which is now on its 18th day, amid a suffocating siege. The onslaught was the latest episode in Israel’s brutal onslaught that has killed more than 42,600 people, mostly women and children, and injured 99,800 others since last year following a Hamas attack. The Israeli war has displaced almost the entire population of Gaza amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine. Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
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