Lower thirds:
00:02 Report by Tania Krämer & Mohammed al Madhoun
00:31 Malak el-Swirki | Aspiring student
02:05 Farah Ruqa | Graduate
02:48 Malak el-Swirki | Aspiring student
03:47 Farah Ruqa | Graduate
04:21 Malak el-Swirki | Aspiring student

Script:

00:01
Two Palistinian students from Gaza:
Farah Ruqa, wearing red, is a literature graduate.
Malak el-Swirki, in black, wants to study.
This should be Malak’s ticket to a future full of opportunity. A Cambridge University scholarship to study history and political science.  She is one of dozens of young Gazans with such offers, but they are stuck. They need to coordinate their exit with the Israeli authorities and get visas for their host countries.
((CUT and replace with above in red: She is one of about 40 young Gazans with such offers but they are stuck. The Israeli government decides who can leave.))

00:30-01:02 +++Malak el-Swirki, high school graduate, ARABIC+++
“I need a visa so I can be evacuated from Gaza but there is currently no UK embassy center operating in the Strip, and I can't travel to neighboring countries like Egypt or Jordan to apply for one.  (..FLASH.)  The British government is trying to find a solution, and we hope for the best. But I worry I might lose my scholarship. The  university said if I do not attend in October, my scholarship may not be deferred, and I may lose it.
01:06
The idea of studying abroad must feel like a life-line. A life-line that is being stretched thin.
Life under constant bombardment in Gaza is exhausting. And getting enough to eat is a daily battle.
 
01:21-01:50+++Malak el-Swirki, aspiring student, ARABIC+++
“I'm tired of the bombing and the buzzing drones. I'm tired of the torture of moving over and over and being displaced. I'm tired of the lack of food and that each person in my family only gets three pieces of bread a day. I am a human being who has dreams of living like everyone else, but the surrounding circumstances do not help me to reach them.”
01:53
Young Gazans like Farah can see how the level of destruction Israel has created will continue to damage their society, long after the bombing stops.

02:04-02:36+++Farah Ruqa, graduate, ARABIC++++
Any hope of a future in Gaza is gone. There is destruction and rubble. There's a lack of basic needs --  water, electricity, food, and education even online. There is no internet access, no job opportunities, for young people life is at a standstill. It is clear there is no hope or future in Gaza. Even if the war stops, it will take many years before we can bring Gaza back to how it was, and this will take many years of our lives.”
02:39
Since the war began, Malak has spent much of her energy surviving rather than studying.
02:47-02:56+++Malak el-Swirki, aspiring student, ARABIC+++
The internet was cut off and I was cut off from my education. I wanted to learn English and French 24 hours a day, but there were no resources.

02:59
She says the worst experience was in December 2023, when she and her parents were displaced within Gaza City. As they looked for shelter, shots were fired and an Israeli tank approached.

03:11-03:36+++Malak el-Swirki, aspiring student, ARABIC+++
That day my father and mother were wounded. My mother fled, but my father lay on the ground with an injured leg. The tank was getting closer and closer and it looked like it was going to run him over. At that point, I was ready to leave behind everything in my life,  sacrifice everything.  I dragged him away from the Tank and brought him inside. 

03:37
Even when the threat is not immediate, life in the ruins  of Gaza throws a shadow into the future.

03:46-04:19+++Farah Ruqa, graduate, ARABIC++++
“abroad will be so much better, even if the war stops Gaza will need a long time for reconstruction. Living in tents is a story in itself. It's as hot as hell and there's no privacy, no basic amenities. There are usually five to eight people per tent. If you want to study, relax, or spend time on social media, everyone is on top of one another. There's no normal life or comfort.”
04:20-04:43++++Malak el-Swirki, aspiring student, ARABIC+++
((“The future is not easy)). 

"We have gone through so much. We are going through the worst forms of social collapse, structural and moral collapse, of buildings and everything. We have lost many qualified people, and we hope to study so that we can return and replace the qualified people that the country has lost.”

04:45
When the time comes to rebuild, Gaza will need people like these young women (people).