Gaza Lens
stories from Gaza — told with dignity, care, and truth
Gaza Lens is UFDA’s humanitarian media program dedicated to documenting everyday life, resilience, and humanity in Gaza. Built in partnership with local storytellers, the program creates short-form video and multimedia stories that move beyond headlines and statistics — centering people, culture, and lived experience.
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At its core, Gaza Lens exists to restore dignity through visibility. By amplifying firsthand voices and credible narratives, the program connects global audiences to Gaza in ways that are grounded, ethical, and deeply human.
Why Gaza Lens
International coverage of Gaza is often framed through conflict, numbers, and breaking news. What gets lost are the faces behind those figures — families navigating displacement, youth creating meaning amid uncertainty, and communities sustaining one another through extraordinary hardship.
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As our work continues, a clear gap has emerged: a need for consistent, trustworthy storytelling that reflects life in Gaza as it is actually lived. Gaza Lens responds to this need. It is a non-political initiative focused solely on humanitarian, cultural, and social realities — highlighting resilience, hope, creativity, and survival while honoring consent, safety, and editorial integrity.
The Program
Publishing & Distribution
Content is shared across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, with strategic amplification through influencers and partners to expand reach and engagement.
Local Filming & Field Documentation
Gaza-based videographers capture interviews and daily-life footage using mobile and semi-professional equipment, always prioritizing sensitivity and consent.
Story Research & Development
Each week, the team identifies new human-centered stories — from displaced families to youth-led initiatives — shaped with global relevance and care.
Translation & Presentation
Stories are translated or narrated in English to ensure accessibility for international audiences while preserving local voice and context.
Ethics & Safeguards
All content follows strict ethical guidelines: informed consent, protection of minors, non-partisanship, and a focus on dignity over shock or exploitation.
Progress To Date
Humanize Gaza’s humanitarian reality through consistent, dignified storytelling
Increase global empathy, understanding, and engagement
Provide paid creative employment for Gaza-based storytellers and media workers
Strengthen UFDA’s communications, fundraising, and long-term advocacy capacity
Build a trusted archive of firsthand narratives for journalists, educators, and humanitarian partners
Long-term, Gaza Lens will grow into a full humanitarian storytelling hub
— producing short documentaries, podcasts, and multimedia projects that connect Gaza’s people to the world with honesty, care, and respect.
Gaza Lens is not about speaking for Gaza. It is about creating space for Gaza to speak for itself.
