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this was no ordinary talent contest win

when twenty five-year-old Mohammad Asif sang his way to victory on the Arab idol

show he had overcome the hardships of growing up in gaza the difficulties of

trying to get out of a land under blockade and carried with him the hopes

of an entire nation

in 2013 at these were the scenes in Gaza

celebration jubilation and rare positive images from this part of the world

Mohammad Asif was quickly dubbed the voice of Palestine an almost

overwhelming duty but one he bears with pride

you have a minute left in an hour and a half and she learned of it had the time

travel and our own open-air team had tom Corbett's office and accurate head that

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other sharp sell-off in hurry

mr Clare Holman two years old now a superstar in Arab countries is getting

used to the glitz of red carpets Muhammad is in London for the premiere

of a film based on his own life

the idol depicts his personal journey his love for singing as a child with no

professional training and how he eventually made it to Arab Idol

auditions in Egypt without even a passport to get out of Gaza but there

are also reminders of the political context Muhammad is depicted playing

with his friends one scene is hauntingly evocative of the four boys killed on the

beach during an Israeli airstrike last year

mohammed's own family and friends remain in gaza and while he's in London he's

been deeply upset watching recent news just the weekend we heard news of an

Israeli airstrike killing a pregnant woman at the same time young

palestinians carrying out stabbing attacks against israelis how do you feel

about the ongoing situation in order to belittle infusion and about a third on

the list deliberately mislead cool individual

suffered minor league and Michelle and I'm circuit will issue Muslim at wk

1870 Wilson Muhammad is more optimistic about the future

all the child actors in the film from Gaza something that reminds him at the

creativity and potential is a next generation and all the CSE estaba with a

verdict alleged Emmanuel and Phillip how they lookin like a kid in suburban home

each other or in suburban do and to talk the talk and we know where you fit

enough so the capital mejor la misma her mother had the NFC can finally relax lol

me for real Dec and he believes his lyrics and his voice can be used to help

inspire that hope