My name is Hana
This Is Uncomfortable
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4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Overnight, Hana’s life became unrecognizable. She used to enjoy quiet mornings in her lovingly decorated apartment in Gaza, but since Israel’s invasion forced her to evacuate, she’s now sleeping on the cold floor of a crowded house, fearful of airstrikes. Hana shares how the war is threatening the life she built for herself and the impossible financial calculations ahead of her.
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| 0:00.0 | Marhaba, hi Hannah, thank you so much for responding to my message. So yeah, we can talk via voice memos. I think it would be good just to start off and get to know you a little bit more. |
| 0:16.2 | So how old are you? What was your life like before the war? Were you a student, were you working? |
| 0:23.9 | I'm excited to learn more about you. |
| 0:27.2 | Okay, yeah, Allahya I'm mikum. |
| 0:30.3 | I'll talk to you soon, inshall them. |
| 0:31.8 | Bye. |
| 0:33.0 | Hi Rima, thank you. |
| 0:35.0 | And I just love the way you pronounce the Arabic words. |
| 0:40.0 | Okay, so my name is Hannah, and I am 33. I'm not sure if you have seen my photos when you connected |
| 0:51.9 | to me on Instagram, but I always I have always been told that I look younger than I am |
| 1:02.1 | What was my life like before the war? |
| 1:07.0 | For weeks now, I've been exchanging voice memos with Henna Elbe Yumi. |
| 1:12.0 | Henna lives in Gaza, which means for the last four months |
| 1:15.0 | her life has been thrown into chaos. |
| 1:17.0 | I first stumbled across her through Instagram. |
| 1:20.0 | Her profile drew me in. |
| 1:22.0 | She kind of reminded me of my friends. But what I really admired |
| 1:25.5 | was just how vulnerable she was in her most recent posts, how she didn't shy away from sharing |
| 1:30.3 | how she been coping since the war started. |
| 1:33.0 | Since it's hard to reach people in Gaza right now, |
| 1:36.0 | Hannah would send voice memos every few days, |
| 1:39.0 | sharing pieces of her life with me. |
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