Manufactured Unawareness
October 20, 2025
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MANUFACTURED UNAWARENESS
From silence to numbness in a world that knows but will not act
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This morning I met a young woman. What began as small talk drifted into a brief exchange about media coverage of conflicts in the Middle East. *wink*. Those five minutes hit me like a smack across the head. I had assumed, hoped, that if not the ol...
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I am Jood. I am from Gaza
October 20, 2025
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I am Jood. I am 11 years old.
I am from Tel al-Hawa, Gaza.
Jood was part of my Dreaming Big with Cameras workshop in Egypt. At just 11 years old, she carried the quiet depth of an old soul—one who had already seen far too much for someone so young.
In this video, Jood shares her story—of life before and during the war. It’s a reflection on dis...
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Dreaming Big With Cameras in Cairo | The Children's Stories
July 24, 2025
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I had every intention of updating the blog daily—really, I did. But I’ll blame it on the Egyptian heat, my questionable stamina, and the long, relentless days that left me utterly spent by nightfall. Rinse, repeat.
Like all my projects, the days unfolded in a familiar rhythm of ebb and flow—hectic yet heartwarming, and always filled with laughter...
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Dreaming Big With Cameras | First week in Cairo
June 28, 2025
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Our First Week in Cairo Meet some of the incredible children who were evacuated from Gaza at different points last year - when escape was still possible, but only at an immense cost. Most families paid well over US$17,000 to get their loved ones out. For many, it was everything they had.
Adam (8), Mohammed (10), Joude (11), Jenna (10), Juana (11),...
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Dreaming Big With Cameras | Cairo
June 17, 2025
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First Field Note.
They say Cairo never sleeps, and neither, it seems, does hope.
I’m writing this just days before the first shutter clicks open in our Cairo workshop—a dream that's taken root in refugee camps, borderlands, and now, the ancient heartbeat of Egypt. Dreaming Big With Cameras is a project born from the belief that when you place a c...
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