The Teen Sisters Rebuilding Gaza: Earth Prize Winners Tala & Farah Mousa

About this episode

Since October 2023, much of the world's attention has been focused on the destruction in Gaza. This conversation is about something we hear much less about: rebuilding. Meet Tala and Farah Mousa, two teenage sisters from Gaza and winners of The Earth Prize Middle East, one of the world's leading environmental competitions for teenagers. Their project, Build Hope is recycling the enormous volumes of rubble left behind by destroyed buildings and transforming it into reusable bricks to help rebuild their communities. The idea began with a Year 9 textbook in Tala's school bag. Today, it has the potential to give communities beyond Gaza, the tools to rebuild using what's already around them. It's an idea that has the potential to reduce waste, lower rebuilding costs and support reconstruction in disaster and war zones around the world. Podcast Image credit: Ali Awad In this episode: • Displacement and disruption - life as a teenager in Gaza • The inspiration behind their award-winning project • Their vision for helping communities beyond Gaza • Why rebuilding deserves as much attention as destruction Timestamps: 00:35 What we know about Gaza and the Middle East Region 04:18 In