My friend Yusef Khader and I, both born and brought up in Gaza, started the Free Gaza Circus in 2018. We also opened a school in north Gaza to train youngsters called the Free Gaza Circus Center. Circus culture is practically non-existent in Gaza. Youngsters in Gaza were watching circus performances on social media. We knew they were enjoying this. So we thought, why not have a circus group in our homeland? We started the Free Gaza Circus to give youngsters and students in Palestine a chance to take up something new, to connect better with the community and their team mates, and to experience a feeling of liberation through performing in the Circus. There are many hardships that people—especially unemployed youths—have to suffer in Gaza. Everyday life is a struggle for most Gazans. We set up the Circus because we wanted to give youngsters a chance to feel free. It is a place where young people can be unselfconscious and freely express themselves through their bodies.