Banias
Appearances
This American Life
849: The Narrator
Oh, my God. Who's ringing the phone? Get away from me. Get lost. We have to sleep.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
Yes, I'm funny. That's... Dana always say for me that I'm a bit funny. Really? Funny bunny.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
I'm actually good. Yeah? Doing good. Last days, we have heard a little, a bit of bombing around us. Uh-huh.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
Yeah, I do know. It was loud. Is it scary? No. For me, no. Me and my friends, we were playing hide and seek. We don't ever get bored of it. It's our favorite game. When we're playing, some strange things happen with us. I will tell you that.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
When we run to the backyard, we see some insects in the ground. Mm-hmm. We see some insects on the ground. And me and the kids, we watched it.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
Uh, okay. Today, uh, Today we have done a new thing. What'd you do? We've dropped some pictures. I imagine that there's a garden, that there's some people walking inside it. I'm crying. I'm in the bedroom. Okay. Okay.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
I feel mad of those things. I can draw them, but I don't like. Hmm. A warplane, a helicopter, and rockets. I don't like that. There's lots of things here. I feel mad from it. My friends always make me mad from things. Sometimes, I don't want. I don't want anybody to enter this room. Get out. Mom. Okay.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
Okay, let's continue. Okay. I was saying, they always attack me.
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She is, she have a really bad personality. I said for her, are you looking for a fight in our language?
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I think it was a good idea. We're packing our clothes and our... Wait for a minute. Yes. And we're packing also our mattresses and our money.
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849: The Narrator
In a tent. Our relatives live in a home, but we will make a tent, a camp next to them.
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849: The Narrator
I'm not ready for more fights. I want to leave them. Today I told one of my friends... That I will leave. I've told everybody. Is that sad? It was drama. Why? Because she is a drama girl. Don't leave. That's everything. Don't leave this house. We want more fights.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
She's going to Al-Mawassi. But me, I will go to the Zawaii town. Me and my family. Yeah, our relatives are there. When the Israeli army tells us to move, we'll move just a little.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
A family secret. No, no, I will not give you the mobile. I want to talk to her myself.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
No, you were crying. So she was afraid, she was nervous, and she went into a circle. I was not afraid, I was not nervous.
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849: The Narrator
Just matrices, as you can see. We sit sometimes on bed, on the ground. Women are covering their heads all the time, as you can see.
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849: The Narrator
No, ever, never. The war stopped. What are you talking about? Because our house was bombed. Your house was bombed? Yeah, just kidding. What are you doing to me, Vanya? But there was good news yesterday. Yesterday, tonight, it was, we had a party. There was very, very good news. What was the good news? We have killed all of them.
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849: The Narrator
Not all of them. Thousands and thousands and thousands of them. But I can't remember. You're talking about the Israelis? Yes, yes. Thousands and thousands. We killed thousands, thousands, thousands.
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849: The Narrator
That was yesterday. Yesterday we had a party for that. We drink coffee, make juice.
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849: The Narrator
Okay. Did you see our room? No. If you see it, you will... You'll run, run, run, run from this. Why? Because it's so old and dusty.
This American Life
849: The Narrator
Hi. I'm watching a film. Do you want to see? It's called Home Alone. Do you know it?
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849: The Narrator
Let's see it together. Okay, for a few minutes. Oh, my God. I want to cover myself. It's so cold here. Oh, okay. Oh, my God. I'm here. Okay.
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849: The Narrator
I'm covering myself in the tent. Oh, here. Do you see? Yeah, I can see. Oh, my God.
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There's no skating on the ice. They leave him alone. But he's happy, happy.
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I'm free! We're the wet bandits. Yes. You know that? Really sick.
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849: The Narrator
That's so funny. Hey, hey. You better watch out for the traffic, son, you know? Sorry. Sandy don't visit the funeral home, little buddy. Okay, okay. Merry Christmas.
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849: The Narrator
I do like the Christmas design. Mm-hmm. I like this movie. And when they travel to New York. Oh. Where do you live? I live in New York. That's where I live. In New York? Yes. Kevin's family travels there last time. You live in New York?
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849: The Narrator
Oh, I want to tell you something. What about this The statue that you have.
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Do you want to see where he will go? I don't know exactly where he will go. He's hiding. He's hiding.
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Oh, do you want to leave? I want to continue this movie and then...
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849: The Narrator
Not just boring, so boring. I really miss the burgers and Now we are on canned food. We have just the boxes of food boxes. One day, I want to tell you something. Tell me. One day, when we are sitting in our room talking about something, then, boom, a big bomb broke all of the windows and the home was shaking. And my baby brother, he has got injured in his head.
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849: The Narrator
That's great. I will be the star of Gaza. I will be a star. I will be a star. By the way, the Mushroom 2 wants to be the Mushroom star of Gaza. Mushroom is joining us in the conversation.
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849: The Narrator
Hi, Hannah. I'm joining you to the conversation. Do you want... To be the mushroom star in Gaza.
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And this is my blue shirt. Yeah. And this this is my head accessory for today. It has rhinestones.
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849: The Narrator
Today we play school games. What does that mean? We're pretending that we're in the school. I was a student, and one of my friends was the teacher.
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849: The Narrator
It was actual. The plus and the minus and the equal. It was actual, but it was in a game, not real.
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Are you in Deir el-Balah? Yeah, we are in Deir el-Balah in the central area. Now what do I do?
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The girl that's older than me. Her name is Donna. How old is Donna? She is 12 years old and she has an iPad.
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And today I played a cafe game. Oh, a cafe? That's new. I was the chef. Yeah, and one of my friends was the customer. I cooked some salad and some pancakes.
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I cooked salad and pancakes. And I made some hamburgers and some pizza.
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Yeah, it was really close. It was just in the next street in our house.
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Yes. Oh, wow. Do you believe somebody hates these things? No. I do. They're so good.
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I'm tired of being the student. Every day. I'm the oldest. I should be the teacher.