Noor, 9, child of deaf parents

A United Nations News report September 5 described the plight of people with disabilities in Gaza. They include the deaf parents of a nine-year-old girl named Noor. Noor’s parents must rely on their child to survive Israeli tank shelling and other attacks. She has learned new signing vocabulary for the language of war, including tanks, armed quadcopters, shrapnel and aircraft. 

The report also cites the example of Abdulrahman Al-Gharbawi, a 27-year-old graphic designer with cerebral palsy and a lower limb disability. His family has been displaced nine times. Each time, his mother carries his wheelchair while his father and brother carry him.

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