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My life in seven swimming pools

Amjed Tantesh is determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build.

Amjed Tantesh is determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build.

Finding freedom in the water as a child, Amjed wanted to train the next generation of Gazans for Olympic swimming glory – not easy when he had to keep abandoning his pools. Yet through relentlessly rebuilding and restarting, over decades of war, Amjed’s swimming initiative found its true purpose.

This episode contains upsetting moments involving children.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Louise Morris
Interpreter: Youssef Taha

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com

(Photo: Amjed Tantesh at one of his swimming pools. Credit: Monther Rasheed.)

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41 minutes

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