Doha : The inaugural Doha Film Festival opened with an emotional address from Wissam Hamada, mother of six-year-old Hind Rajab, whose final phone call from Gaza became one of the most haunting moments of the war.

“Hind is gone, but her voice still wakes me every dawn,” she told the audience on Thursday, November 20, urging the world to safeguard Gaza’s children.

Speaking before the Mena premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab , Hamada said she could not bring herself to watch the film but felt compelled to share her message.

She continued, “My message is not just words – it’s the pain of a mother who lost her daughter, and then found in her universal love a message from God, and understood that my role is to carry the voice of the children of Gaza to the world, the children who live in t

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