Gaza's very own Jurassic Park
*The beauty of children and their amazing resilience.
While children queue up worldwide to see the blockbuster 'Jurassic World', the children of Gaza queue up to see dinosaurs of another kind
At Sharm Park in Gaza, 10-year-old Mena Al-Najjar steps through a giant doorway shaped like a dinosaur’s mouth. This day out is a new experience for her, one that will be as educational as it is entertaining.
“I’ve learned a lot about dinosaurs at school, but this is the first time I've even gotten to see them up close,” says Mena excitedly as she reacts to the simulated roars, grunts and groans of the mechanical dinosaurs and watches the slow, heavy movements of the giant models designed by a group of dedicated engineers in Gaza.
“This was just a dream at first,” says Abdullah Jodah, the director of Gaza’s Dinosaurs City in Sharm Park. He says the first time he saw such an exhibit was in Jordan and then Egypt and he began to ask himself, “Why not in Gaza?” Jodah, an ambitious young entrepreneur, says this dream was initially a challenge to bring to life, as the German engineers and the Chinese engineering company had to exert considerable pressure on Israel to allow the necessary materials into Gaza. It's hard enough to get vital humanitarian aid into the besieged strip so one can only imagine the delay and obstacles at bringing in items for a children's park.
snip* Determination for life
As for the delays caused by Israel, in responding to Jodah’s requests, he can only interpret it as a war against culture and entertainment.
“Israel has to realise that, after all, we are not born for wars, we are a nation that loves life, education and entertainment.”.
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