> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Hadeel Al-Shalchi, Anas Baba > Reference:: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/28/1227454455/gaza-puppeteer-doesnt-let-the-war-stop-his-passion > Date:: 2024-01-28 > Tags:: #warp #Palestine #puppetry > WeftLinks:: [[Migrant and refugee value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is a means to keep traditions alive and evolving in new environments]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Yousef al-Hindi is able to continue his puppetry despite displacement during the occupation of Gaza. He made new puppets from used medical supplies and dedicated his show to a lost boy. ### Highlights >"I have made many puppets, but Yousef carries a story that has affected me before it has affected others," he said. "Every time I hold the puppet or work on it, I feel how much difficulty we live in, and I empty my emotional energy into it." >"I speak to myself... I try to channel the situation we are living in through the puppet," he said. "And I try to tell the story that runs through my mind and through every displaced person's mind." [[Attachments/f949570dc8b7ace3150366991cbd6b5c_MD5.jpeg|Open: Pasted image 20240308063847.png]] ![[Attachments/f949570dc8b7ace3150366991cbd6b5c_MD5.jpeg]] Gaza puppeteer Yousef al-Hindi shows off tools he fashioned from tin and wood and the head of the puppet he created.