'When the sirens go off I don't move from my chair; I believe in God'

Meeting Israelis in bomb shelters: Zuheir Balawi taught himself how to make copper bracelets to ease the pain of the war, while Mazzy Sevilia notices how the social gaps narrow a bit down in the bomb shelter

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'When the sirens go off I don't move from my chair; I believe in God'

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Meeting Israelis in bomb shelters: Zuheir Balawi taught himself how to make copper bracelets to ease the pain of the war, while Mazzy Sevilia notices how the social gaps narrow a bit down in the bomb shelter

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05:57 AM • March 13 2026 IST

Zuheir Balawi. A kiosk above the Tel Aviv Light Rail's Allenby Station

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