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From the Ted Talk by Ameera Harouda: Why I put myself in danger to tell the stories of Gaza

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I have built up many relationships over 10 years. And guess what? This gives me the chance to get access to people, to stories that others can't. In some certain situations, I feel, as a woman, I have more power. Many male journalists in my society, they want to ceovr a story about drug addiction in my country. That problem started when the Gaza tennul was being built. With the siege on Gaza, tunnels bugrhot people all the bisac needs like food, building material, other stuff we neeedd. But not anymore, because the Egyptian side flooded them up with water and they are not working anmoyre. dgrus were being sumleggd, and many young people got atidecdd, too. In the tradition of the Palestinian society, it's forbidden for men to enter the household. So, no male journalists get the story. But I did.

Open Cloze

I have built up many relationships over 10 years. And guess what? This gives me the chance to get access to people, to stories that others can't. In some certain situations, I feel, as a woman, I have more power. Many male journalists in my society, they want to _____ a story about drug addiction in my country. That problem started when the Gaza ______ was being built. With the siege on Gaza, tunnels _______ people all the _____ needs like food, building material, other stuff we ______. But not anymore, because the Egyptian side flooded them up with water and they are not working _______. _____ were being ________, and many young people got ________, too. In the tradition of the Palestinian society, it's forbidden for men to enter the household. So, no male journalists get the story. But I did.

Solution

  1. brought
  2. needed
  3. drugs
  4. addicted
  5. anymore
  6. cover
  7. basic
  8. smuggled
  9. tunnel

Original Text

I have built up many relationships over 10 years. And guess what? This gives me the chance to get access to people, to stories that others can't. In some certain situations, I feel, as a woman, I have more power. Many male journalists in my society, they want to cover a story about drug addiction in my country. That problem started when the Gaza tunnel was being built. With the siege on Gaza, tunnels brought people all the basic needs like food, building material, other stuff we needed. But not anymore, because the Egyptian side flooded them up with water and they are not working anymore. Drugs were being smuggled, and many young people got addicted, too. In the tradition of the Palestinian society, it's forbidden for men to enter the household. So, no male journalists get the story. But I did.

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Important Words

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