update 06/29/2024

Hello, a quick update from Haneen. She was so close to evacuation, when the border closed. She is using her time in Gaza to do as much good as she can, still working with women and children and trying to keep their mind off the harsh realities of their life.

“I now work in a school that includes 480 displaced families I work in the school corridor in an animation workshop with 15 women The corridor is very narrow, 2 meters by 2 metres”

Your donations are still appreciated and needed, to survive the difficult conditions in Gaza. Food has become a luxury.

thank you all

update 04/23/2024

About me: Haneen Koraz

The final scene remained suspended. We were all preparing to shoot the last scene in a cartoon film addressing the issues of girls with hearing disabilities in Gaza. On October 7th, everything came to a halt. Everything became stuck.

I am Haneen Koraz, a trainer and cartoon filmmaker working with various groups, particularly focusing on people with disabilities. I teach them how to make cartoon films as a means of free expression because I believe that everyone has the right to express themselves freely.

For the past year, I achieved my long-held dream of building my own studio for film production. But nothing lasts in Gaza; all dreams were shattered. I couldn't move from my house; I was trapped from all directions. My family lives in the south, and I live in the north of Gaza. I reside on the fifth floor. I felt all the tremors, targeting, shelling, and bombardment. My house danced like earthquakes.

I lived in great fear, especially being far from my parents. I had just recently gotten married, which made the situation even scarier. My mother would call me every moment, and whenever the call dropped, she would break down in tears.

The bombing intensified around my house, and it became dangerous, especially since the army dropped leaflets urging people to leave the area for the south. My brother risked himself and brought a car from the southern area to take me from the north to the south, as the occupation claims it's a safe area.

It was the first time I had left the house since the aggression. I heard all the news and saw online all the devastation, but I didn't imagine I would see it in reality when I left my house in the car in lightning speed.

The driver maneuvered through the destruction; on my right and left, there was complete devastation. The streets, universities, medical clinics, and the store where I always bought my necessities were all destroyed. There were no signs of life.

In the blink of an eye, I reached Deir al-Balah city. At the door of my family's house, I met my mother, who was eagerly waiting for me. I cried when I saw her. I felt a little safe in her embrace.

While I was in my mother's arms, there was a powerful explosion that shook the entire house, turning it all into dust. The panels fell on our heads, glass was everywhere, doors were destroyed, smoke filled the air.

A neighbor's house was completely bombed and destroyed over its occupants. I turned on the flashlight on my phone to see my mother's face. Is she okay? And when I assured she was, I went to look for my father, brothers, and their children. The dust changed our features.

There are 50 displaced people from my extended family in my parents' house. My cousin's daughter, Wasal, who is 30 years old, is deaf. She feels everything—the bombing, destruction, and pride. She talks to me in sign language only to ask me! Did you feel the bombing? Are these shells?

Wasal always cries because she lost Gaza and the details of her life there. She can't communicate with her friends and talk to them. Wasal always closes her eyes to recall all her memories in her room, her street, her workplace, the sea, and the sky. Recently, I lost my house, my dream, and my cartoon film studio project.

I lost all my artistic and filming tools. My papers, colors, drawings, and pens were all destroyed. Everything was lost.

My friend Sahar was killed in an Israeli shelling at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. The news was shocking. I miss my friend so much. During this time, in Ramadan every year, Sahar and I used to compete to decorate our houses with Ramadan decorations. Now there is no Sahar, and there are no Ramadan decorations this year.

I hope the war ends. I hope I don't lose anyone. I want to go back to my previous life. I want my belongings, tools, and things back. I want to draw, shoot, and color. I want to dance with the children and play.

My name is Haneen Koraz, from Palestine. I live in Gaza City, specifically the Al-Shati refugee camp area

I work in the field of art. I am an artist who makes cartoon films and is a trainer for children, youth, women and girls with hearing disabilities and children with motor and mental disabilities.

I was displaced from my home in Al-Shati camp to the southern governorates in the city of Deir Al-Balah. I spent a month amidst destruction and hunger in my home.

I lost my home due to a bombing near it, and I also lost my job and my project that I had always dreamed of implementing, which is a studio for making cartoon films dedicated to girls with hearing disabilities.

I now live in a room with an area of ​​3 meters

I urgently need your donations so that I can restore my home that was destroyed and the film-making studio that serves 20 girls with hearing disabilities

اسمي حنين كراز من فلسطين اعيش في مدينة غزة بالتحديد منطقة مخيم الشاطئ للاجئين 

أعمل في مجال الفن فأنا فنانة تصنع أفلام الكرتون ومدربة للأطفال والشباب والسيدات والفتيات ذوي الاعاقة السمعية والأطفال ذوي الاعاقة الحركية والذهنية

نزحت من منزلي في مخيم الشاطئ الي المحافظات الجنوبية في مدينة دير البلح أمضيت شهرا وسط الدمار والجوع في منزلي 

خسرت منزلي إثر قصف بالقرب منه وخسرت وظيفتي أيضا ومشروعي الذي طالما حلمت بتنفيذه وهو استديو لصناعة الافلام الكرتون المخصص للفتيات ذوي الاعاقة السمعية

أعيش الان في غرفة مساحتها 3 متر * 3متر حيث أتعرض لظروف صعبة من عدم توفر الماء الصالح للشرب والأكل الصحي الكهرباء قطعت منذ 4 أشهر نحصل علي غازي الطهي بصعوبة الانترنت مقطوع 

بحاجة ماسة الي تبرعاتكم لأستطيع إن استعيد منزلي الذي دمر و الاستديو الخاص بالصناعة الافلام الذي يخدم 20 فتاة من ذوي الاعاقة السمعية

Mein Name ist Hanin Karaz, ich komme aus Palästina und lebe in Gaza-Stadt, genauer gesagt im Bereich des Flüchtlingslagers Al-Shati Ich arbeite im Bereich Kunst. Ich bin Künstlerin, mache Zeichentrickfilme und bin Trainerin für Kinder, Jugendliche, Frauen und Mädchen mit Hörbehinderungen sowie Kinder mit motorischen und geistigen Behinderungen. Ich wurde aus meinem Zuhause im Lager Al-Shati in die südlichen Gouvernements in der Stadt Deir Al-Balah vertrieben. Ich verbrachte einen Monat inmitten von Zerstörung und Hunger in meinem Zuhause. Ich habe mein Zuhause durch einen Bombenanschlag in der Nähe verloren, und ich habe auch meinen Job und mein Projekt verloren, von dem ich immer geträumt hatte, ein Studio zur Produktion von Zeichentrickfilmen für Mädchen mit Hörbehinderungen zu errichten.

Ich wohne jetzt in einem Raum mit einer Fläche von 3 Metern Ich benötige dringend Ihre Spenden, damit ich mein zerstörtes Haus und das Filmstudio, in dem 20 Mädchen mit Hörbehinderung betreut werden, wiederherstellen kann