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Gazan children talk about their ideas, lives in TED talks program

In a conference on June 9 and within the framework of the global TED Education Clubs, 10 children from the Gaza Strip talked in English about their ideas, life and ambitions.
A Palestinian child plays with a toy gun.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Over the course of a full year, Gazan children participated in training courses in TED Clubs at the Elite Modern School. The training courses culminated in an in-person conference held at the Arab Orthodox Cultural and Social Center in Gaza on June 9 in the presence of 300 public figures, representatives of civil society, journalists and pioneers. During the conference,10 children presented stories in English about their lives, ideas, suffering and ambitions, within the framework of the global TED Education Clubs in 130 countries, to highlight the population’s suffering under the Israeli blockade and successive wars on the Gaza Strip, the last of which was in May 2021.

On June 9 during a conference, 10 children presented stories in English about their lives, ideas, suffering and ambitions, within the framework of the global TED Education Clubs in 130 countries, to highlight the population’s suffering under the Israeli blockade and successive wars on the Gaza Strip, the last of which was in May 2021. 

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