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The Ice Bucket Challenge has taken on a whole new life in Gaza
By Rick Noack August 2! the Washington"ost!co#
$ace%ook has %een full of Ice Bucket Challenges in the "ast few weeks! While the &iral initiati&e is
su""osed to raise awareness for A#yotro"hic lateral sclerosis 'A()* and has found su""orters
around the world+ so#e Gaza residents ha&e in&ented their own &ersion!
In a &ideo "osted on ,ouTu%e )aturday+ -ournalist Ay#an al.Aloul tells his audience that he had
%een looking /for a %ucket of water+/ %ut had concluded that water was too &alua%le in Gaza to "our
it onto hi#self! Instead+ /we looked around us+/ he says in the &ideo while "ointing toward ru%%le in
the %ackground+ /and decided to use it instead of iced water!/
)ince then+ se&eral $ace%ook "ages ha&e e#erged on which organizers ask sy#"athizers of
0alestinians to "our dirt or sand o&er the#sel&es and to "ost "ictures and &ideos! The Ru%%le
Bucket Challenge could also reach Washington1 An e&ent created 2onday s"ecifies that a "rotest is
su""osed to take "lace at 3 "!#! Thursday in front of the White 4ouse!
)ince then+ #ore &ideos of "artici"ants ha&e %egun to e#erge1
In an inter&iew with NBC+ -ournalist Aloul e5"lained why he ada"ted the Ice Bucket Challenge1 /It
ca#e to #y #ind that it6s good idea to show the whole "icture 7 how Gaza looks now+ ru%%le+
destruction+ ce#ent with sand+ s#all rocks!/ According to hi#+ his friends had also suggested to use
a %ucket of %lood or shra"nel instead!
Al.Aloul would %e satisfied /if fi&e fa#ous "eo"le in the world like actors or "residents will do the
challenge!