'She started to forget, little by little': How virtual reality is helping the children of Gaza

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In a small office space in Gaza City, a child stands still, wearing a virtual reality headset. A therapist asks seven-year-old Razan what she can see. She names objects as they appear in front of her: a train, toys, animals, the sea. Image: Seven-year-old Razan wears a VR headset at a displacement camp in Gaza City The prompts are gentle: reach for the cube, use the hand you can, tell me what you are feeling. It is therapy, but it looks like play. Razan was injured last year when she went