Qatar ’s inaugural Doha Film Festival opened on an emotional note on Thursday with the MENA premiere of Kaouther Ben Hania ’s Gaza drama The Voice Of Hind Rajab introduced by the bereaved mother of the girl at the heart of the film

The harrowing docudrama revolves around the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza on January 29, 2024, when the car she was travelling in with her uncle, aunt and three cousins was shot at by Israeli military as they attempted to flee to the south of the Palestinian territory.

The film was inspired and is constructed around a real audio recording of the girl begging for help over several hours as she spoke to dispatchers at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Ramallah in the West Bank.

“Hind is gone, but her voice still wakes me up

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