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IRAQ / MOSUL DISPLACED FAMILIES
STORY: IRAQ / MOSUL DISPLACED FAMILIES
TRT: 01:33
SOURCE: UNCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: MARCH 2017, HAMMAM AL-ALIL, IRAQ
1. Zoom in, displaced people carrying their belongings
2. Wide shot, destroyed village
3. Med shot, Mohamad on bus
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamad Ibrahim, displaced Iraqi:
‘’It’s an indescribable feeling. We were in a prison and now we are out. We are like a bird that was trapped in a cage and flew.’’
5. Close up, people walking in mud
6. Wide shot, people carrying supplies
7. Wide shot, people waiting in line
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghanim Abir, displaced Iraqi:
‘’They took the women and men in separate cars and they went before us. We are supposed to meet them here.’’
9. Wide shot, displaced families
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghanim Abir, displaced Iraqi:
“My happiness is gone now because I can’t find my family.’’
11. Med shot, Khaled making a phone call
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Waleed, 12-year-old displaced Iraqi:
‘‘The ISIL members shot at us. One bullet hit my father’s hand, our neighbour was shot in the leg, and my sister was shot in the shoulder.”
13. Various shots, people boarding bus
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Waleed, 12-year-old displaced Iraqi:
“What can I do? I can’t go on the bus yet. Where am I going to go? I will lose them.’’
15. Wide shot, displaced people resting
16. Pan right, people boarding bus
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Waleed, 12-year-old displaced Iraqi:
‘’I wish peace and safety for the Iraqi people. I wish that the bombing would end. People are really very tired.’’
18. Wide shot, displaced people
19. Wide shot, displaced man sitting on rubble
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said thousands of displaced Iraqis from western Mosul have been arriving at the Hammam al-Alil camp, a few kilometres south of the city.
UNHCR said many people were spending their first night in a reception centre awaiting their tents which others were transferred to nearby camps to reunite with other family members.
People like Mohamed were desperate to flee the fighting as government forces battle to retake the city from ISIL militants. Mohamad’s relief is evident.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamad Ibrahim, displaced Iraqi:
‘’It’s an indescribable feeling. We were in a prison and now we are out. We are like a bird that was trapped in a cage and flew.’’
But while many are on the move, some have to wait for their loved ones.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghanim Abir, displaced Iraqi:
‘’They took the women and men in separate cars and they went before us. We are supposed to meet them here.’’
Ghanim said he couldn’t find his family after reaching Hammam Al-Alil.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ghanim Abir, displaced Iraqi:
“My happiness is gone now because I can’t find my family.’’
12-year old Khaled is calling the hospital. He said the extremist group was shooting at the people fleeing the city.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Waleed, 12-year-old displaced Iraqi:
‘‘The ISIL members shot at us. One bullet hit my father’s hand, our neighbour was shot in the leg, and my sister was shot in the shoulder.”
He wants to leave this place but he hasn’t been united with his family members yet.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Waleed, 12-year-old displaced Iraqi:
“What can I do? I can’t go on the bus yet. Where am I going to go? I will lose them.’’
Families arriving here are exhausted, but happy to have finally found safety. Only one thing remains.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Waleed, 12-year-old displaced Iraqi:
‘’I wish peace and safety for the Iraqi people. I wish that the bombing would end. People are really very tired.’’
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