For the past nine months, people in Gaza have lived in the ruins left by the war between Hamas and Israel.
Concrete debris now litters the ground where many buildings once stood.
But some, like 19-year-old university student Abdullah Alkasib, have learned to the make the most of the situation by turning these dangerous ruins into a playground of sorts.
"Yes yes it's dangerous but at the same time its interesting we love it and we play it because we want to do it,” said Alkasib, a Gaza parkour team member.
"It's a death-defying sport demanding courage and strength in equal measure," he said. "When I do this I feel free. I feel like a bird flying in the air, flying in the sky because we want freedom.
"We don't care about fighting we don't care about military. We just care about parkour."
They've been doing this they say since Israeli troops pulled out of Gaza in 2005. Since then, they've been running jumping tumbling and somersaulting ever since.
Now that popular Middle Eastern program 'Arabs Got Talent' has spotted them, tens of millions of Arabs across the region could get to see them – potentially opening doors they could otherwise only dream of.
And the dream for Abdullah and the others is simple: Break the boundaries confining their lives.
"You know we are here in Gaza. Our dream is to get out. See the world. To get out to see the world.”
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