Gaza sisters become YouTube stars

Haya (L) and Maram Barghouth (R) the hosts for the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

Maram Barghouth one of the hosts for the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

Haya Barghouth one of the hosts for the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

Maram Barghouth one of the hosts for the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

Haya Barghouth one of the hosts for the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

Haya (L) and Maram Barghouth (R) hosts for the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

Haya and Maram Barghouth hosts the popular Youtube show Two Sisters Tube [Mohammed Asad-Middle East Monitor]

In a room, in a small house, sisters Haya and Maram Barghouth convinced their parents to start a YouTube channel and decided to present a show to entertain and educate children.

They are now a successful duo presenting Two Sisters Tube.

The two sisters started by practicing in the mirror until they felt they were capable of presenting on camera.  They were welcomed by tens of thousands of people not only from Palestine but across the Arab world.

Thirteen-year-old Maram and 15-year-old Haya told MEMO that the Arab audience does not interact much with serious content, and therefore they provide a show with entertaining content.

Ismail Barghouth, the girls’ father, who is a media lecturer, said that his daughters are very proud of the success of their project, but in the early days, when they presented the project to him, he was hesitant about the possibility of success.

“The girls insisted on the project, so we turned one of the rooms in the house into a studio, adding sound insulation to the windows, bringing in lighting, a camera and backgrounds suitable, giving us somewhat of a studio.”

The girls added that they suffer from power outages just like all the inhabitants of Gaza. “Sometimes we are cut off during a video we are almost done with due to the electricity cuts,” they said.

Barghouth said he hopes that there is support for his daughters and they continue with their talents.