The Voice of Hind Rajab
A film by Kaouther Ben Hania
w/ Saja Kilani
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
The film wields this voice—used with the permission of Hind’s surviving family—as unimpeachable, unignorable evidence. Here, it says, is archival proof of atrocities that too many people, unwilling to let themselves be troubled by the Palestinian plight, have dismissed as either an exaggerated statistic or a necessary evil.
Justin Chang
The New Yorker
w/ Saja Kilani
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.
The film wields this voice—used with the permission of Hind’s surviving family—as unimpeachable, unignorable evidence. Here, it says, is archival proof of atrocities that too many people, unwilling to let themselves be troubled by the Palestinian plight, have dismissed as either an exaggerated statistic or a necessary evil.
Justin Chang
The New Yorker
