(24 Dec 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mieh Mieh, Lebanon – 20 December 2024
1. Various of Vera Zoarob decorating her Christmas tree
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vera Zoarob, displaced from Alma al-Shaab:
“We thought it will be temporary, and we will return home, but four months later, the situation got worse and our house was damaged. We couldn’t go there anymore. I wanted to set up this tree here and decorate it as a symbol for Christmas. It is true that we are not well emotionally, and we wanted to do this in Alma (Alma al-Shaab town) but we hope we will return and decorate a tree there. “
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Sidon, Lebanon – 21 December 2024
3. Various of Christmas tree on an intersection
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mieh Mieh, Lebanon – 20 December 2024
4. The building where Arlette Francis, a woman displaced from Alma al-Shaab is staying with her family
5. Francis, displaced from a Lebanese border town, looking at a small statue with an image of Jesus on it
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Arlette Francis, displaced from Alma al-Shaab:
“We are not happy. We are not feeling the Christmas spirit, although Christmas is about love and joy, and the birth of Jesus.”
7. Francis with her husband holding phones
8. Francis showing images of her house in Alma al-Shaab before it was destroyed during war, UPSOUND (Arabic): “Here, the bedrooms that were messy because the children just arrived from Dubai.”
9. Close up on phone with a birthday party video playing, UPSOUND (Arabic) “Here is the young girl"
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Arlette Francis, displaced from Alma al-Shaab:
“I want to decorate my house in Alma al-Shaab with a big tree that we can enjoy Christmas with our family and loved ones. I don’t want to decorate anything here, I will leave it as it is, because we are not in the mood for anything.”
11. Various of Francis sitting with her husband and son
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Camille Farah, Francis’s husband and displaced from Alma al-Shaab:
“We hope that we can return and decorate our house, our village and its streets just like other towns and villages in Lebanon or even around us here. We feel a heartache and pain, but one still hopes to go back to their town and their homes to rebuild again.”
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Ain El Delb, Lebanon – 20 December 2024
13. Various of a Christmas recital in Mar Maroun church
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salim Abboud, a village chief in Sidon:
“We hope that this bloody war that happened in the south doesn’t happen again. And we hope for the return of all displaced people. It is true we are celebrating Christmas, but we have a heartache. We would still like to wish Merry Christmas to everyone. Today, we are in Mar Maroun church. The church is having a Christmas recital to feel the spirit of Christmas, nothing more. Happy holidays to everyone and we hope next year will be a blessing to all.”
15. Various of nativity scene outside of church
16. Wide of people gathering outside
17. Various of town view ++NIGHT SHOTS++
STORYLINE:
As the first Christmas after the ceasefire in Lebanon approaches, Vera Zoarob decorated a festive tree in a house where she is taking shelter, far from her border town.
Zoarob was displaced from Alma al-Shaab to another town after the war ignited between Hezbollah and Israel last year.
She moved with her family, believing it would be only a temporary situation, but they had to stay for over a year and two months.
Despite being away from her home, which was damaged in the conflict, she still wanted to celebrate Christmas with a tree.
More than 70 people were killed, and 60 injured.
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