“Someone asks me: Hossam, why do you get so emotional and cry so hard in your voice? Aren’t you supposed to control yourself in front of the camera? I answer: How can I control myself when I see massacres being committed before my eyes? How can I control myself when I transmit the voices of children being killed, and mothers searching for their children under the rubble? These are not just scenes, these are lives being lost, blood being shed, and cries of pain that deafen the ears. How can I control myself when I see cities being erased from existence, and faces carrying their simple dreams being buried under the rubble? There is no cold professionalism in this, but rather a wounded humanity that suffers with every scene and every word I transmit. The camera does not separate me from reality, but rather makes me a witness to a tragedy that I live and carry in my heart. It is not just a transmission of news, but a cry of pain that expresses the pain of a homeland and a people breathing suffering.”