Enjoy outdoor cinema after 3 decades, people have resigned
Jerusalem, August 30, 2023, Wednesday
In Gaza, in the 1990s, conservatives began burning cinemas as entertainment monuments. After the last cinema in the region closed 30 years ago, an entire generation has passed away without seeing a movie on the big screen at home. The name of the important Palestinian city of Gaza is associated with violence. Gaza remains at the center of the age-old feud between Israel and Palestine.
However, not long ago, Gaza was discussed not because of violence, but because of the screening of outdoor cinema. The last cinema in the region closed down 30 years ago, after which an entire generation passed without seeing a film on the screen. At one time, Palestinian Arabs in Gaza flocked to watch Western and Asian films. Internal violence started in the 1990s when conservatives started burning cinema halls, considered monuments of entertainment.
The last cinema in Gaza City, with a population of 66 million, closed 30 years ago. After all these years in Gaza, Skinning was intended to promote cultural and historical issues. Children, women and some elders also flocked to watch the film. For the first time, Palestinians enjoyed watching a film in the open air. The screening, organized by a cafe in Gaza, was also sanctioned by the conservative Islamist Hamas government.
Some young people were sitting on the beach when suddenly the cinema curtain and projector started to be set up. Chairs and rubber tires of cars were arranged in the sand of the beach. As this something new and sudden was happening, people started gathering. Organizers knew that the beach was a place where audiences didn't have to go to find them. As soon as the evening fell, everyone was arranged near the silver curtain.
Young people in Gaza are used to watching movies on mobile phones, but watching a movie in the dark on a bed of sand in an open-air theater was a new experience. Small children were lost in Ekitesh watching the evils of the giant screen. A children's cartoon film followed by a comedy film Farinaad was released. Watching a movie in an open theater was a new experience. For some time, films have been shown in open air on the beach.
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