Showing a film about her… Hind Rajab’s uncle: "After some hesitation, we decided to tell her story for the sake of the children of Gaza"
From the moment the name of the Palestinian child Hind Rajab rang out around the world, after she called for help via a recorded call to Red Crescent crews before her voice was cut off forever, after she remained trapped among the corpses of her family for days, the human conscience was shaken, which inspired a number of filmmakers to document her story in feature films. And a documentary, including the short film “Close Your Eyes, Hind.” Directed by Amir Zaza, which was shown during the El Gouna Film Festival, in the presence of the child’s uncle, Ihab Hamada, who could not hold back his tears as soon as the screening ended.
”Rose Al-Youssef” She took advantage of his presence at the festival to get closer to what is behind the screen, where the pain is still alive in the hearts of the family whose wound has not yet healed.
In this interview, Ihab Hamada, the uncle of the child Hind Rajab, talks about what the family has lived through since her martyrdom, their position on the artworks that dealt with her story, and their message to the world that remains silent in the face of the continuing tragedy in Gaza.
At first, Ihab says, we were hesitant to agree to produce any film dealing with Hind’s story, because we felt that everyone who had a voice had become a target, whether journalists or activists, but after a while we made the decision, because we saw that it was our duty to bring these films to light, as they carry a sublime message about the suffering of Gaza and an image that must be conveyed. People said that Hind was not the first child martyr in this war, but as a family we felt that we had a national role in supporting everything that would contribute to saving the children there, so we responded to all the films that dealt with her story, whether director Kawthar Ben Haniyeh’s film (Looking for Hind Ragab), which will soon be shown as part of the Cairo Film Festival, or Amir Zaza’s short film (Close Your Eyes, Hind), for which she was present. In El Gouna, or a third short film directed by Aida Al Amerikani, and despite the different angles from which they approached the story, the essence is the same, and the message is sublime, which is that Hind’s story should be a reason to stop the war that has not stopped until now.
Ihab adds: I am the only one in the family who watched the movie, because the rest of the family members are psychologically incapable after we lost a large number of our loved ones and the wound is still open, and watching may bring back the pain again, and personally when I watched the movie I relived the twelve days in which we searched for India.
Regarding the way she was martyred, he said: No one knows exactly how she died. We put three possibilities: that she was moved from her place by the occupation after the car was bombed, or she died of hunger or bleeding because she was injured, or she was shot and despite the presence of bullets in her body, the analysts said that the bullets hit her after death, and whatever. The real scenario of what happened, in all cases they were the ones who executed her.
At the end of the dialogue, Ihab commented on the Egyptian efforts to stop the war, saying: We appreciate the Egyptian efforts since the beginning of the war. Egypt has not been negligent with the people of Gaza, but the enemy does not adhere to a covenant or covenant.
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