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Al Bawaba
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Narrator of BBC's 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' feels threatened
Published March 6th, 2025 - 10:51 GMT ALBAWABA - Abdullah al-Yazuri, the 13-year-old narrator behind BBC's deleted documentary 'Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone,' recently expressed concern for his life in an exclusive clip with the Middle East Eye. According to the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), Abdullah is the son of Dr. Ayman Alyazouri, Gaza's deputy agriculture minister. The long-awaited documentary was pulled out after the BBC discovered that Abdullah, is the son of a Hamas leader due to an objection from the Israeli lobby. The 13-year-old boy said during the interview, "If anything happens to me, the BBC is responsible," and then expressed his disappointment as he had worked on it for nine months. Exclusive: "If anything happens to me, the BBC is responsible."Abdullah al-Yazuri, the 13-year-old narrator of Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, speaks to MEE after the BBC pulled the documentary. "I worked for nine months, and it was all wiped." — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) March 5, 2025 He stated further that neither his father nor mother influenced his lines during the documentary, but instead worked hand in hand with the documentary's producer. Abdullah added that he was threatened by anonymous individuals on social media by getting cyberbullied, harassed, stalked, and more. Abdullah also explained how these incidents affected his mental health and family. The "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone" documentary was filmed largely through the eyes of three children in Gaza with the main narrator named Abdullah Alyazouri. 13-year-old. "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone" documentary. (Photo: The hour-long documentary was produced by two directors, based in London, UK who worked remotely with two local cameramen. The documentary took more than nine months to be ready and was deleted after an objection from the Israeli lobby. In response to the BBC's decision to remove the documentary, several social media users uploaded the whole film on social media: © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
Al Bawaba
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
BBC deletes 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' documentary over Hamas leader
ALBAWABA - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has deleted a documentary called "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone" that talks about challenges that children in the Gaza Strip faced amid over a year of war. The "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone" documentary was filmed largely through the eyes of three children in Gaza with the main narrator named Abdullah Alyazouri. 13-year-old. According to the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), the BBC pulled the documentary after discovering that Abdullah, is the son of a Hamas leader. It mentioned that he is the son of Dr. Ayman Alyazouri, Gaza's deputy agriculture minister. The hour-long documentary was produced by two directors, based in London, UK who worked remotely with two local cameramen. The documentary took more than nine months to be ready and was deleted after an objection from the Israeli lobby. "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone" documentary. (Photo: When anyone attempts to play the film, the phrase reading "This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer" is seen on the British website. According to David Collier, a self-proclaimed '100 percent Zionist' activist, Abdullah is the son of Ayman Alyazouri, deputy agriculture minister in the enclave. WSWS said that a group of 45 prominent journalists and members of the media questioned how the documentary was made. Following the backlash against the BBC documentary, it apologized "for the omission of that detail from the original film" as well it justified the text linked to the program and added: "The narrator of this film is 13-year-old Abdullah. His father has worked as a deputy agriculture minister for the Hamas-run government in Gaza. The production team had full editorial control of filming with Abdullah." On X, BBC wrote a clarification: "This post, from Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, has been removed while the BBC conducts further due diligence with the documentary's production company."
