After visiting refugee camps, Saudi comedienne Hatoon Kadi urges people to support displaced families this Ramadan
Hatoon Kadi is one of few Saudi women who has broken through the gender barrier in comedy, using light-hearted satire to highlight important social issues. But her field visits to refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, and Bangladesh were no laughing matter.
“What I saw in Bangladesh really touched me… I met women still in trauma from the horrific journey they had to take and lots of them saw their loved ones killed in front of them,” said Hatoon.
“What broke my heart were the blank eyes. People there have no hope for any future, and the overall situation in the camp was painful due to the geography of the region and the difficult weather.”
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