1 00:00:07,867 --> 00:00:11,879 I'm Mouny Odeh from Bethlehem Dheisheh Camp 2 00:00:11,889 --> 00:00:13,989 I'm 16 years old 3 00:00:14,309 --> 00:00:18,578 My favourite sports is swimming and basketball 4 00:00:19,663 --> 00:00:20,035 just 5 00:00:20,447 --> 00:00:22,197 My name is Safa Arafa 6 00:00:22,483 --> 00:00:26,378 And I live in Dheisheh Camp for Refugees 7 00:00:26,378 --> 00:00:28,621 Originally from Al-Qastina 8 00:00:29,287 --> 00:00:33,847 I study in Bethlehem University English Literature... 9 00:00:33,834 --> 00:00:35,834 And... 10 00:00:38,904 --> 00:00:40,904 I'm 19 years old 11 00:00:44,028 --> 00:00:47,161 With me, we are 5 sisters 12 00:00:47,220 --> 00:00:49,953 We are all living in this room... 13 00:00:50,453 --> 00:00:51,934 We sleep in this room 14 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:55,357 And there is Moussa my little brother 15 00:00:55,380 --> 00:00:59,076 And Ibrahim, he is one year younger than me 16 00:00:59,247 --> 00:01:00,966 My name is Maram 17 00:01:00,989 --> 00:01:03,671 I am 11 years old 18 00:01:03,712 --> 00:01:05,712 I live in Palestine, Bethlehem 19 00:01:07,864 --> 00:01:13,045 I love my family, I have 3 sisters and 3 brothers 20 00:01:14,954 --> 00:01:19,137 And I love to eat Msakahn 21 00:01:19,273 --> 00:01:24,847 I love the colour red 22 00:01:26,379 --> 00:01:29,590 I love my friends, my family 23 00:01:29,814 --> 00:01:33,559 AT NIGHT THEY CAME TO OUR HOUSE 24 00:01:35,587 --> 00:01:40,730 It was on the 9th of September 25 00:01:41,230 --> 00:01:44,667 You know the climate is summer 26 00:01:45,262 --> 00:01:49,673 it's nice weather, it's not cold 27 00:01:49,754 --> 00:01:53,420 but in that night, its becomes a strong wind 28 00:01:53,496 --> 00:01:55,496 I dont know why 29 00:01:56,103 --> 00:01:59,964 The night they came to our house 30 00:02:00,613 --> 00:02:03,494 it was at the beginning of Ramadan 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,670 It was like the 5th of Ramadan 32 00:02:05,987 --> 00:02:08,891 22 of November 2005 33 00:02:11,342 --> 00:02:13,342 It was 2am 34 00:02:17,084 --> 00:02:19,480 They knocked on the door for the first time 35 00:02:19,489 --> 00:02:22,737 I was awake and from the first moment 36 00:02:22,743 --> 00:02:26,062 I knew it had to do with Ibrahim 37 00:02:26,133 --> 00:02:30,321 I wake up like at 2 o'clock in the night 38 00:02:30,821 --> 00:02:32,821 There was a lot of noise 39 00:02:32,827 --> 00:02:38,622 Just I wake up, I find all my family wake up 40 00:02:39,877 --> 00:02:44,023 Just I wake up I as my mother : what happened, mom? 41 00:02:44,116 --> 00:02:47,593 She just tell me : there is some army outside, 42 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:48,811 Israelian 43 00:02:51,243 --> 00:02:56,116 and in the night if the jaysh (army) come 44 00:02:56,577 --> 00:03:01,125 I hear the jaysh, 45 00:03:01,485 --> 00:03:05,165 and if I don't wake up 46 00:03:05,172 --> 00:03:07,295 my mom come and wake up me 47 00:03:09,837 --> 00:03:12,815 I was scared to much, I remember my dad 48 00:03:13,891 --> 00:03:16,114 To be honest, I start to cry, 49 00:03:16,113 --> 00:03:18,601 And my mom hug me and tell me 50 00:03:18,601 --> 00:03:21,812 don't be scared, they will go in just one half hour 51 00:03:21,958 --> 00:03:25,836 I thought that they will come and take us all, 52 00:03:26,078 --> 00:03:28,078 and kill us, or do something, 53 00:03:28,192 --> 00:03:30,513 put us in the jail 54 00:03:30,584 --> 00:03:33,013 They came, they didn't knock the door 55 00:03:33,016 --> 00:03:37,271 just shout : open the door in a high voice 56 00:03:37,282 --> 00:03:39,282 and he become afraid 57 00:03:39,350 --> 00:03:43,676 because it's in the midnight and he was sleeping 58 00:03:43,677 --> 00:03:48,033 and he wake up to a very noisy sound 59 00:03:48,066 --> 00:03:50,695 so how can he imagine that 60 00:03:50,875 --> 00:03:52,444 he was dreaming maybe 61 00:03:52,458 --> 00:03:56,067 and something entered his life 62 00:03:56,496 --> 00:04:00,788 For all the people, they start thinking 63 00:04:00,968 --> 00:04:03,528 Who is tonight? Who has the bad luck? 64 00:04:03,589 --> 00:04:05,841 Who will be taken, who will be arrested? 65 00:04:05,884 --> 00:04:08,440 For how many days, how many years? 66 00:04:08,463 --> 00:04:10,893 And like this stuff 67 00:04:10,901 --> 00:04:16,132 THE SECONDS ARE VERY LONG 68 00:04:16,829 --> 00:04:19,929 They knock on the door very hard with their weapons 69 00:04:19,989 --> 00:04:24,489 And at that night they put "leaders" 70 00:04:24,595 --> 00:04:27,443 on our neighbours' houses 71 00:04:27,991 --> 00:04:33,651 And it was in a very savage style 72 00:04:34,822 --> 00:04:38,136 There was a lot of soldiers like... 73 00:04:38,143 --> 00:04:42,064 I can't give you the number, but there was a lot of soldier 74 00:04:42,306 --> 00:04:45,677 and a lot of Jeeps like maybe 12 jeeps 75 00:04:46,274 --> 00:04:48,811 and one big tank 76 00:04:48,986 --> 00:04:51,438 it was near the street, near here 77 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:53,218 in my street 78 00:04:53,569 --> 00:04:57,347 They was colouring their faces with some colours 79 00:04:57,581 --> 00:05:02,771 like in the United State, like commandos do 80 00:05:05,488 --> 00:05:11,299 And they ask us... 81 00:05:11,433 --> 00:05:15,841 our identity, to give them 82 00:05:17,223 --> 00:05:19,332 And they read the names 83 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,360 and they ask us : Who is Ahmad, who is Kamal, who is Adel, who is Qusay ? 84 00:05:23,494 --> 00:05:28,883 Then they said : I need Adel, I want to talk to him. 85 00:05:28,953 --> 00:05:31,219 Specialy they ask about the brother 86 00:05:31,262 --> 00:05:34,271 they ask the mother and the father : Where is your son ? 87 00:05:35,185 --> 00:05:39,549 After searching for like half an hour 88 00:05:40,334 --> 00:05:43,907 There was a soldier, he was very mean 89 00:05:44,435 --> 00:05:48,806 And he was asking for Ibrahim Where he is ? Where he is ? 90 00:05:49,306 --> 00:05:52,473 And my mother did not tell him, because she know that, 91 00:05:52,472 --> 00:05:54,472 if she tell him, they will take him. 92 00:05:54,557 --> 00:05:57,352 Adel went with the soldier 93 00:05:57,354 --> 00:06:00,409 with the captain sorry, with the captain 94 00:06:00,536 --> 00:06:02,817 And the captain... 95 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,135 they go outdoor 96 00:06:05,863 --> 00:06:12,646 And the captain return to our house and tell us we will arrest him. 97 00:06:14,072 --> 00:06:18,441 After that, they put me outside the house 98 00:06:18,544 --> 00:06:26,082 they put like handcuffs on my hands 99 00:06:26,151 --> 00:06:29,545 and they put like something on my eyes 100 00:06:29,878 --> 00:06:32,404 they put the weapons on his face 101 00:06:32,593 --> 00:06:34,306 and they yelled at him 102 00:06:34,531 --> 00:06:37,419 they said : Wake up ! Wake up ! 103 00:06:38,636 --> 00:06:41,345 Ibrahim didn't wake up from the first moment 104 00:06:41,345 --> 00:06:44,104 It took him some seconds 105 00:06:44,128 --> 00:06:46,128 the seconds are very long in that... 106 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:49,508 you feel the seconds are very long 107 00:06:52,172 --> 00:06:57,068 He woke up and when he saw them in his face 108 00:06:57,266 --> 00:06:59,811 he jump in the air and he came here 109 00:07:00,112 --> 00:07:06,752 And I came to his side and I said to him : It's OK, be a man... 110 00:07:09,503 --> 00:07:16,411 She come near me and she go through the soldiers 111 00:07:16,418 --> 00:07:22,958 and she hug me and she told me this three or four things 112 00:07:22,965 --> 00:07:29,039 and she said : Don't care, you're a man, we trust you, Yalla, let's go. 113 00:07:31,636 --> 00:07:34,322 We keep silent, me and my brother 114 00:07:39,408 --> 00:07:41,408 and they... 115 00:07:43,490 --> 00:07:50,669 and we ask the captain if we can bring some clothes for Adel when they arrest him 116 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,090 They said yes we can 117 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:56,205 They put me in the Jeep 118 00:07:58,382 --> 00:08:01,367 And in the beginning when I enter the Jeep 119 00:08:01,428 --> 00:08:03,322 I can't hear anything 120 00:08:03,345 --> 00:08:06,125 only they started to beat me 121 00:08:06,405 --> 00:08:09,989 from here to Asyoun 122 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:14,148 So, when they put the bandage on my eyes 123 00:08:14,196 --> 00:08:15,716 I didn't see anything 124 00:08:15,910 --> 00:08:21,991 And my head, my mind goes like this 125 00:08:23,272 --> 00:08:26,415 I start to remember everything, to remember how 126 00:08:26,915 --> 00:08:35,805 How my brothers, all of my friends tell me how to be in this moment 127 00:08:37,394 --> 00:08:43,209 EVERYDAY THE JAYSH TOOK ONE 128 00:08:43,236 --> 00:08:44,806 They took him 129 00:08:47,731 --> 00:08:51,540 The camp have many people 130 00:08:51,793 --> 00:08:56,773 everyday the jeysh took one or two or three like that 131 00:08:56,841 --> 00:08:59,876 And I was sad 132 00:09:06,563 --> 00:09:10,114 We shocked, we shocked 133 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:13,807 It was a horrible night 134 00:09:14,575 --> 00:09:16,575 just remembering it 135 00:09:17,809 --> 00:09:20,382 gives a lot of emotions... 136 00:09:20,392 --> 00:09:22,619 emotions yes 137 00:09:24,151 --> 00:09:29,711 When they arrest my brother, maybe 138 00:09:30,007 --> 00:09:32,007 when they arrest him 139 00:09:32,558 --> 00:09:36,894 I feel they arrest me, it's the same way 140 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:40,669 they didn't catch me, they catch him 141 00:09:41,191 --> 00:09:46,655 THE DAY AFTER 142 00:09:47,047 --> 00:09:49,686 The day after, I had an exam 143 00:09:50,140 --> 00:09:57,303 All my sisters, my father, and my mother, they stayed awake 144 00:09:57,620 --> 00:10:01,388 And in the morning, I went to the school 145 00:10:01,408 --> 00:10:04,385 and I took a permission not to do the exam 146 00:10:04,427 --> 00:10:08,974 because I was not able to, even if I study 147 00:10:09,474 --> 00:10:12,988 I still waking... 148 00:10:13,737 --> 00:10:16,597 at 7 o'clock and I go to my school 149 00:10:16,685 --> 00:10:18,081 as a normal day 150 00:10:19,611 --> 00:10:22,328 then I return 151 00:10:23,514 --> 00:10:26,258 All of our family 152 00:10:26,294 --> 00:10:32,564 my uncles, my cousins and my aunts, my grandmother 153 00:10:32,810 --> 00:10:34,810 the most was crying 154 00:10:35,015 --> 00:10:36,420 If they arrest one 155 00:10:36,554 --> 00:10:40,524 Just we go to check his house 156 00:10:40,534 --> 00:10:42,862 his mother maybe 157 00:10:42,884 --> 00:10:48,430 tell her that's normal, don't care, he will come back to you. 158 00:10:48,507 --> 00:10:54,302 PEOPLE I KNOW 159 00:10:54,521 --> 00:10:56,611 This is Adam, my little brother 160 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:57,755 he's 9 years old 161 00:10:57,761 --> 00:11:02,193 he is in Dehisheh school in 4th grade 162 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:05,260 And... 163 00:11:27,522 --> 00:11:31,554 I ask him : Do you know somebody who got arrested ? 164 00:11:31,578 --> 00:11:32,922 He said no 165 00:11:33,422 --> 00:11:36,913 I said do you afraid when they come here ? 166 00:11:36,914 --> 00:11:38,774 and he said of course not 167 00:11:38,921 --> 00:11:42,295 He said I don't know maybe Qays al-Laham 168 00:11:42,294 --> 00:11:45,353 I don't know if they took him 169 00:11:46,707 --> 00:11:49,792 Do you know friends of you who are in jail ? 170 00:11:49,805 --> 00:11:50,767 Yes 171 00:11:50,870 --> 00:11:51,960 who ? 172 00:11:52,161 --> 00:11:56,710 Like Mouhanad, you know Mouhanad 173 00:11:56,772 --> 00:11:58,772 Like Ibrahim 174 00:11:59,537 --> 00:12:04,854 Like... Its more... 175 00:12:05,582 --> 00:12:07,582 ...a lot 176 00:12:07,758 --> 00:12:13,988 a lot of friends, you want me to tell you ? 177 00:12:14,463 --> 00:12:17,337 I have five brother with me 178 00:12:17,331 --> 00:12:18,646 I'm the 6th 179 00:12:18,985 --> 00:12:23,773 So when they come, there was 3 of my brothers inside the jail 180 00:12:24,052 --> 00:12:26,566 And I know that, they come to catch me 181 00:12:30,077 --> 00:12:32,306 Have they taken away people that you love ? 182 00:12:32,496 --> 00:12:34,059 Yes You know people in jail ? 183 00:12:34,073 --> 00:12:34,773 Yeah 184 00:12:36,514 --> 00:12:41,629 My friend, boyfriend is Izz ad-Din, he is dead 185 00:12:42,324 --> 00:12:44,769 he is small, just like me 186 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:49,379 Another one, Mahmoud 187 00:12:50,890 --> 00:12:53,084 small like me 188 00:12:53,584 --> 00:12:58,739 They was 12 years old 189 00:13:01,090 --> 00:13:06,975 Everyday, they was come here and they play 190 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:10,239 everything, like football, basketball 191 00:13:12,036 --> 00:13:16,978 and we play Tom and Jerry 192 00:13:18,761 --> 00:13:22,025 One is Tom, another one is Jerry 193 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:24,305 you go like a circle 194 00:13:24,458 --> 00:13:29,047 IN JAIL 195 00:13:29,443 --> 00:13:34,289 For the first two months, we didn't know anything about him 196 00:13:34,637 --> 00:13:41,045 And for like forty days they were investigating him 197 00:13:42,151 --> 00:13:46,729 Then they moved him to Aufar prison 198 00:13:46,751 --> 00:13:52,755 and they accused him of throwing stones on the soldiers 199 00:13:52,952 --> 00:13:56,736 and organizing for a movement... 200 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,350 to defend the country... 201 00:14:01,672 --> 00:14:06,477 There is a reason, they won't catch you without a reason 202 00:14:06,674 --> 00:14:09,318 it's a rule 203 00:14:09,342 --> 00:14:12,942 They will not catch you without a reason 204 00:14:13,176 --> 00:14:15,844 But reason is like stupid reasons 205 00:14:15,890 --> 00:14:19,348 when I throw stones, that's why they catch you 206 00:14:19,364 --> 00:14:24,836 and they put on my shoulders another thing I did not do 207 00:14:24,979 --> 00:14:29,342 to make the years that I will spend in the jail more 208 00:14:29,771 --> 00:14:31,380 that's what they do 209 00:14:31,408 --> 00:14:34,833 and that's in the mahkame (court) 210 00:14:35,395 --> 00:14:40,485 For us, it is very strange event 211 00:14:40,504 --> 00:14:43,199 because he is the first one in my house 212 00:14:43,209 --> 00:14:49,215 after my father, my father was a prisoner in the 80s 213 00:14:49,733 --> 00:14:54,788 It's not in my imagine, it's in my imagine 214 00:14:54,896 --> 00:14:56,896 I mean, I can imagine that 215 00:14:56,968 --> 00:15:02,205 that one day they can come and catch me and arrest me 216 00:15:02,251 --> 00:15:05,734 I spend one year in the jail 217 00:15:05,753 --> 00:15:08,663 It's broke my future a little bit 218 00:15:08,682 --> 00:15:14,181 but I am ready to do many things for the home and for my home 219 00:15:14,616 --> 00:15:17,288 For me, I build myself inside the jail 220 00:15:17,305 --> 00:15:19,347 I read a lot of books 221 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:25,518 I read about Marx, Lenin, Hegel, Yasser Arafat, George Habash 222 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,591 HAPPY THINGS IN LIFE 223 00:15:32,209 --> 00:15:34,924 They came to take him, he was 16 224 00:15:35,424 --> 00:15:39,520 he got out of prison he was 17 and a half 225 00:15:39,736 --> 00:15:42,076 I spent in the jail 2 years 226 00:15:43,245 --> 00:15:45,834 And when he got out of prison 227 00:15:45,872 --> 00:15:51,601 we kept welcoming people for like a week 228 00:15:51,638 --> 00:15:53,334 They were coming for a week 229 00:15:53,330 --> 00:16:03,090 Everyday they come from 12pm to 10pm 230 00:16:03,831 --> 00:16:06,603 It was very good 231 00:16:06,624 --> 00:16:12,261 And when he came, we made a little... 232 00:16:12,474 --> 00:16:15,259 it's not a party, we celebrated him a little 233 00:16:15,262 --> 00:16:16,735 like he was a hero or something 234 00:16:16,738 --> 00:16:20,341 I have something on my phone, I will show it to you 235 00:16:20,373 --> 00:16:21,209 later 236 00:16:22,154 --> 00:16:28,987 There is 3 things you will be shocked 237 00:16:30,778 --> 00:16:34,179 You will be like shocked 238 00:16:34,212 --> 00:16:36,396 You will become happy 239 00:16:37,678 --> 00:16:44,422 The first thing when you get your high school – tawgihi 240 00:16:44,754 --> 00:16:50,764 And the second thing when you go outside the jail 241 00:16:50,824 --> 00:16:53,118 and the third thing when you marry 242 00:16:53,715 --> 00:16:57,225 So I go outside the jail 243 00:16:57,219 --> 00:17:00,666 and I get my high school inside the jail 244 00:17:01,477 --> 00:17:07,328 PALESTINIAN ROUTINE 245 00:17:08,025 --> 00:17:09,397 They are crazy 246 00:17:09,411 --> 00:17:11,926 they come to catch a small children 247 00:17:11,932 --> 00:17:15,183 like 16 years old with all of this army ? 248 00:17:15,470 --> 00:17:17,638 It's like... 249 00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:21,044 any... What they... What they do ? 250 00:17:21,105 --> 00:17:24,396 How they think about the Palestinian people? 251 00:17:24,771 --> 00:17:28,326 When they start the horrible things 252 00:17:28,596 --> 00:17:31,832 I was shocked why they were doing this... 253 00:17:31,831 --> 00:17:34,820 I ask myself why? Why? Why? 254 00:17:34,825 --> 00:17:36,775 But I dont have any answer for this 255 00:17:37,208 --> 00:17:41,094 And I think this is normal 256 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:44,011 or something from the routine 257 00:17:44,010 --> 00:17:45,192 the routine 258 00:17:45,794 --> 00:17:47,033 the Palestinian routine 259 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:48,908 Day after day we... 260 00:17:48,924 --> 00:17:51,713 ok, so they come to the camp I dont care 261 00:17:51,749 --> 00:17:53,299 because they come to the camp a lot 262 00:17:53,314 --> 00:17:55,314 just do the same thing, the same thing 263 00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:58,321 And they don't come at day 264 00:17:58,329 --> 00:17:59,741 they come at night. 265 00:18:14,566 --> 00:18:15,636 I was small children, 266 00:18:15,637 --> 00:18:17,891 I was like this 267 00:18:19,128 --> 00:18:20,861 I like everything 268 00:18:25,686 --> 00:18:27,686 And that's what happened 269 00:18:32,657 --> 00:18:34,273 just 270 00:18:37,094 --> 00:18:38,500 So cut this part 271 00:18:42,887 --> 00:18:44,312 Thank you Safa 272 00:18:44,313 --> 00:18:46,036 You are welcome 273 00:18:46,036 --> 00:18:47,249 that's it? 274 00:18:47,249 --> 00:18:47,996 I think so 275 00:18:47,996 --> 00:18:48,694 ok 276 00:18:51,258 --> 00:18:52,495 Thank you Tamer 277 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:54,361 You're welcome FINALLY!!!!