Bisan Owda
Self Portrait, 13 November 2023, Gaza, Palestine
Image: Beneath a blue PRESS helmet a small part of a persons face is seen with brown eyes staring into a rearview mirror. In one corner of the mirror you can see a red phone. As the person stares into the mirror she stares at the viewer.. A grey bitumen road is in the bottom of the photo.
Dear world, this is Bisan from Gaza. I am still alive! But have some inquiries!
How can you accept that you and your children live in a world where there are no red lines? In a world where international institutions cannot bring a cup of clean water to 2 million besieged people, in a world controlled by excessive, unrestrained power!
In a world where men in power can take a decision in isolation from the will of the world and the people and where they can easily commit genocide, wars and lie to you about them!
Now, you are not only supporting Palestine and the Palestinian people! Rather, justice for you and your people... because injustice, discrimination and intimidation can be the face of any regime or authority in the world.
You are changing the world, restoring the balance of power, and rejecting colonialism and occupation, and if you continue to demonstrate and reject, you will be able to punish the criminals, writing history in a fair way for oppressed peoples.. We are human beings, we are all human beings, and they are occupation, colonialism, and We are human beings, we are all human beings but they are occupation, colonialism, injustice and war! And we can stop them!
*Image and words provided by Bisan Owda, November 2023
Bisan Owda is a videographer, film-maker, photographer, storyteller, community activist, content creator and trainer from Gaza, Palestine. She broadcasts a show titled, Hakawatia, through Roya Tv and other platforms. She is creator of “Tell Lab,” a youth platform to train young people, particularly women, on advocacy, content creation, and community leadership and works with civil society organizations as a trainer on community leadership, gender, youth, climate change and advocacy. Bisan, also known as wizard_bisan1 on social media, has become known as a journalist documenting Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza and communicating this to the world.
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