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LEBANON / SYRIAN MILLIONTH REFUGEE
STORY: LEBANON / SYRIAN MILLIONTH REFUGEE
TRT: 2:57
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC/NATS
DATELINE: 6 MARCH 2013, TRIPOLI, LEBANON
1. Wide shot, Bushra, Syrian refugee, and her two children walking by an alley.
2. Wide shot, Bushra’s shelter
3. Wide shot, trash filled lot
4. Med shot, Bushra and her children studying in their shelter
5. Close up, Bushra’s face
6. Close up, Hanine, her daughter, studying
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bushra, Syrian refugee:
“I saw him in my sleep. He held my hand and even in the dream I asked him if he was really there. And I held his hand and begged him not to go, and when I woke up in the morning, I asked myself if it was true or a dream.”
8. Wide shot, Bushra putting clothes on a cloth line
9 Close up, Bushra drying the clothes
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bushra, Syrian refugee:
“Things are so hard here. I am alone without my family, although my relatives here help a lot. I feel a big responsibility as I am the mother and father to them.”
11. Med shot, Bushra washing clothes in a metal tray
12. Close up, clothes being washed
13. Close up, Bushra washing the clothes
14. Wide shot, Tripoli registration center with Syrian refugees seated as they wait.
15. Med shot, Bushra waiting for the registration officer
16. Wide shot, Bushra talking to UNHCR registration officer who’s sitting behind a plastic desk
17. Wide shot, Bushra handing her identity card to officer
18. Close up, UNHCR officer talking to Bushra
19. Med shot, Bushra listening
20. Wide shot, Bushra and her two kids walking along the beach
21. Close up, Bushra holding her son’s hand as they stare at the sea, their backs to the camera
22. Wide shot, Bushra and her kids standing as they stare at the sea, their backs to the camera
23. Close up, Bushra staring at the sea, her back to the camera
24. Med shot, Bushra and her kids walking along the beach
25. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bushra, Syrian refugee:
“I hope to go back to my country, but more than that, I hope to see my husband again, or have any news of him, and then for us to go back home together, and for things to be as they were before.”
26. Wide shot, Bushra and her children standing at the beach
27. Close up, Bushra standing at the beach
28. Wide shot, waves
Tin City, on the outskirts of Tripoli, home to Bushra and her two chidden.
She fled Syria fifteen days ago. Fearing for her life, she crossed over into Lebanon.
Her current refuge is in a shanty town. She shares two rooms with twenty other relatives.
Bushra´s husband disappeared over a year ago. She longs to hear from him.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bushra, Syrian refugee:
“I saw him in my sleep. He held my hand and even in the dream I asked him if he was really there. And I held his hand and begged him not to go, and when I woke up in the morning I asked myself if it was true or a dream.”
The harsh truth is that Bushra is a single parent. At 19 years old, the responsibility is almost too much to bear.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bushra, Syrian refugee:
“Things are so hard here. I am alone without my family, although my relatives here help a lot. I fee a big responsibility as I am the mother and father to them.”
In Arabic, Bushra means good news, something that has eluded her, and many other Syrian refugees.
Her story mirrors the trauma of hundreds of thousands other Syrians, two year into this crisis.
Bushra is now one among the million Syrians who have registered with UNHCR as refugees.
She never imagined her life would come to this. Asking for help does not come easily.
Without UNHCR assistance, she cannot support her small family.
Once registered, she will receive food vouchers, blankets, hygienic items, and baby kits. Medical assistance will also be provided.
Necessities to keep her going through the long days of exile.
Bushra has decided to tell her story so that the world understands the suffering experienced by Syrian refugee. They continue to flee the violence, day after day.
Her hopes for the future are simple. They echo the dreams of many others. To once again find peace and stability.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bushra, Syrian refugee:
“I hope to go back to my country, but more than that, I hope to see my husband again, or have any news of him, and then for us to go back home together, and for things to be as they were before.”
A million refugees spread across the region, and beyond.
A million lives shattered by a war that seems set to go on for months, maybe years.
For Bashra, survival is the priority now, building a life, a life she hopes will only be temporary.
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