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IRAQ / MOSUL GIRL
STORY: IRAQ / MOSUL GIRL
TRT: 02:16
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 04 JULY 2017, AL-KHADRA NEIGHBOURHOOD, EAST MOSUL
1. Various shots, Dalal and her daughter Milad sitting in their one-room house
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Milad Yassi, 16 year-old Mosul resident :
“A sniper hit me. All I could feel is heavy pain in my leg and bleeding.”
3. Various shots, Milad’s injured leg
4. Various shots, Milad and her Mom and her two sisters while Milad is crying
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Milad Yassi, 16 year-old Mosul resident :
“I was in shock and I cried. I was very sad. My mum told me not to cry and that I can get a prosthetic leg.”
6. Various shots, Milad having her arm around her mother’s shoulders
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalal Yassi, mother of six, Mosul resident :
“I am grateful because my children are alive. Even when Milad lost her leg, I thanked God that she’s still with me.“
8. Med shot, Milad and Dalal sitting together
9. Med shot, window with a teddy bear in front of it
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalal Yassi, mother of six, Mosul resident :
“I want to return to my house today before tomorrow. Even if it is destroyed, I would live with whatever is left.”
11. Various shots, Milad drawing on a copy book by herself in the room
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Milad Yassi, 16 year-old Mosul resident :
“I don’t want to stay like this for long. Other girls are now going school and I want to continue my education. I want to help my mum and to achieve my dream which is to become a doctor.”
13. Med shot, Milad bringing her mom Dalal towards her chest after seeing her crying because of the circumstances they’re living in.
14. Med shot, daughter supporting Child
Until this past weekend, thousands of Iraqis have been trapped inside West Mosul. Many residents made the tough decision to flee the city, risking injury or death.
After militias killed her husband, mother-of-six Dalal from Zanjili neighbourhood left everything behind. But her flight was a tragic one. Her 16-year-old daughter, Milad, lost her leg to a sniper attack as they ran for their lives.
Despite finding safety in east Mosul, Milad is struggling to come to terms with her new disability.
Milad and her mother survived the violence in west Mosul.
Only for it to catch up to them miles from safety.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Milad Yassi, 16 year-old Mosul resident :
“A sniper hit me. All I could feel is heavy pain in my leg and bleeding.”
Milad had to have her leg amputated
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Milad Yassi, 16 year-old Mosul resident :
“I was in shock and I cried. I was very sad. My mum told me not to cry and that I can get a prosthetic leg.”
The 16-year-old also lost her father in the fighting
But for her mother Dalal, surviving war means cherishing what she still has
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalal Yassi, mother of six, Mosul resident : “I am grateful because my children are alive. Even when Milad lost her leg, I thanked God that she’s still with me.“
Both are looking for the path to a better future
For them, that path leads back to home
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalal Yassi, mother of six, Mosul resident : “I want to return to my house today before tomorrow. Even if it is destroyed, I would live with whatever is left.”
Milad refuses to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Milad Yassi, 16 year-old Mosul resident :
“I don’t want to stay like this for long. Other girls are now going school and I want to continue my education. I want to help my mum and to achieve my dream which is to become a doctor.”
For Dalal and Milad, today’s pain is tomorrow’s strength.
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