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SUMMARY:"Inside Gaza" Film Screening & Discussion
LOCATION:Elliott School of International Affairs B17\, 1957 E Street NW\, 
 Washington\, DC 20052
DESCRIPTION:The Institute for Middle East Studies is proud to announce a s
 creening of the award winning documentary Inside Gaza\, followed by remar
 ks from film director Hélène Lam Trong and featured journalist Mai Yaghi.
 \n\nSince the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 and the Israeli reprisals th
 at followed\, international journalists and media have no access to the G
 aza Strip. Agence France-Presse journalists\, who were permanently statio
 ned in Gaza\, were among the last independent witnesses to the abuses com
 mitted in the hellscape that Gaza has become. Featuring previously unseen
  footage and testimony from reporters Mai Yaghi and Adel Zaanoun\, as wel
 l as photojournalists Mahmud Hams and Mohammed Abed\, Inside Gaza deliver
 s a powerful account of conditions on the ground\, underscoring the vital
  importance of a free and independent press.\n\nAll are invited to join t
 he Institute for Middle East Studies for this film screening and discussi
 on with film director Hélène Lam Trong and featured journalist Mai Yaghi.
  A trailer for the documentary can be found here.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nHélène 
 Lam Trong is a French documentary filmmaker. Her 2023 documentary Daech\,
  les enfants fantômes (ISIS\, the Ghost Children) earned her the Albert L
 ondres Prize for an audio-visual work. Independent since 2018\, she worke
 d for several years at Radio France then at France télévisions. In 2024\,
  she directed Raqqa\, l'ombre de Daech.\n\nMai Yaghi is an Agence France-
 Presse (AFP) journalist and one of the protagonists of Inside Gaza. Ms. Y
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