1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,080 This is where the Sabra and Shatila massacre took place. 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,560 There were dead people everywhere. They were buried with bulldozers. 5 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:35,640 The dead lay all along this street. The bulldozers dumped them in a big ditch. 6 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:41,800 Palestinians and Lebanese from all walks of life died here. 7 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,480 Many were killed with machetes. 8 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:52,200 My aunt was also killed. That is where they cut her head off. 9 00:01:35,960 --> 00:01:38,480 Oh my God, my son! 10 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,200 The dearest love of my heart! 11 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,520 Oh, my brother! 12 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,960 My name is Issa. 13 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:14,760 I live with my grandfather, my mother's father. 14 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,760 I was about 10 years old when my father died. 15 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,400 He died alone. 16 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,960 He became paralyzed and began to suffer. 17 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:37,280 He suffered and then he died alone. 18 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:43,040 My grandfather took me to a center… 19 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:49,920 a center for children who had lost their fathers or mothers in the war. 20 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,160 AL-FATIHA, IN THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY, THINK NOT OF THOSE WHO ARE SLAIN 21 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,840 IN THE WAY OF ALLAH AS DEAD. NAY, THEY ARE LIVING. 22 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,400 On the day preceding Eid, 23 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,600 we all go to the cemetery… 24 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:10,440 to visit the graves of our parents or grandparents. 25 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,440 Push this button and it starts recording. See? 26 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,400 What would you like to be? 27 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:15,400 An agricultural engineer. 28 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:17,520 An astronaut. 29 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,600 A doctor. 30 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,120 What would you like to be? 31 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:23,680 An engineer. 32 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:25,720 A blacksmith. 33 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,520 -How are you, Miss Nuhad? -I'm fine. 34 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,840 -Where do you come from? -I come from Sefsaf. 35 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,240 Were you born in Palestine? 36 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,760 No, I wasn't, but my parents were. 37 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,440 Go on. 38 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:48,480 How did you feel when you were driven out of Palestine? 39 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,640 We were a wretched bare-footed lot, wandering from place to place. 40 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,480 Many people, young and old, died in the wilderness 41 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,800 when they tried to escape from Palestine and go to Lebanon. 42 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,600 How did you start your revolution? 43 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:11,240 In the beginning, it was an underground movement. 44 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,840 Some 30 or 40 years later, 45 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:19,120 when the West Bank and the rest of Palestine fell, 46 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,760 the PLO was formed and many of us joined its ranks. 47 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:31,840 When you return to Palestine, what will you do first? 48 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,960 First of all, I would rebuild my house. 49 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,480 Next, I would take care of our land, 50 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,520 our olive trees, and our property. 51 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:48,560 Rebuilding our houses is our priority, because all of our homes were destroyed. 52 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,240 Fifty years on, do you see yourself ever going back to Palestine? 53 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,520 Even if I live to be 100, I would still hope to return. 54 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,680 What would you say to the new generation of Palestinians? 55 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,520 I would like to say that 56 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:08,480 in one or 100 generations' time, 57 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,200 when me and others are dead, 58 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,880 promise me that Palestine will never be forgotten. 59 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:25,600 I was crossing the road one day and I didn't see any cars. 60 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:31,680 A car driving at 200 km/h appeared out of nowhere. 61 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,480 It hit me in the legs… 62 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,960 and I was thrown into the air. 63 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:47,960 Then it ran over my leg, shoulder, and head. 64 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:55,120 My head suffered four fractures. My arm needed treatment. 65 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,480 My leg suffered seven fractures. 66 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,000 There is one dot for the letter "Za." Every letter has its own dot. 67 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:12,720 What do you mean? 68 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,440 What do I mean? 69 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,440 The sounds "Za" and "Na". 70 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,000 -Well done. What do we write now? -"Ba." 71 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,360 "Za" and "Ma" and "Ba" and "Qa". "Zambaq". 72 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,440 Which grade were you in? 73 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,240 Fourth grade, maybe. 74 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,200 -"Maybe"? -Yes, maybe. 75 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,400 You're not sure? Who was your teacher here? 76 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:51,360 It's because of the accident that injured my legs. 77 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,680 -Which accident? -A car ran over me. 78 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,520 -Where? -It hit me in the head. 79 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,000 I can't concentrate anymore. 80 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:02,240 Can you remember this? 81 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:07,960 I remember things myself, from my own mind, not from school. 82 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:13,400 What can you remember then? What if I asked you to write a word? 83 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:18,440 I don't remember anything. 84 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:24,320 Nothing at all? Not even a word or letter? Can you write the letters of the alphabet? 85 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,920 Just the ones I wrote down for you. 86 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,920 Would you like to rent a bicycle? 87 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,240 Don't be long, now! 88 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:53,200 Sometimes I feel like 89 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,760 I can't stand my house or myself any longer. 90 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,480 I can't stand anyone any longer. 91 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:06,200 Sometimes I can't stand myself. 92 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,040 There are times when I curse the day I was born. 93 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,840 Farah! Wake up, darling, it's 6:00! 94 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,480 Just a little longer, Mom. 95 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,360 No! Get up now! 96 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,840 Just a little while longer. 97 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,120 My name is Farah Obeid. I'm in the fifth grade. 98 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,200 I'm one of three sisters, Hiba, Kholoud, and me. 99 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:51,000 Hiba! Come and have breakfast! Are you ready? 100 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,360 No, not yet. 101 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:58,000 Leave your bags in the hallway and come have your breakfast! 102 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,840 My mother wakes us up at 6:30 a.m., 103 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,320 but we normally stay in bed a while because we don't like getting up. 104 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,440 Here's one cheese sandwich and one with thyme. 105 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,800 I'll take the cheese one. 106 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:23,800 And I'll take thyme. 107 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,000 My mother was pregnant with me in Shatila… 108 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,720 during the siege. 109 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,520 She developed a craving for coffee. 110 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,000 One of the neighbors was making some coffee 111 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,280 and my mother smelled it. 112 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,760 That's why I have this birthmark. 113 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:52,920 I once saw… 114 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:59,320 two boys picking up clothes and stuff from the rubbish. 115 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:00,680 Come on. 116 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:08,480 Yesterday, I saw a boy. He was polishing shoes outside our school. 117 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:09,880 What's this? 118 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,720 Kids shouldn't have to work. They should be at school instead. 119 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,680 I would like to become a doctor, 120 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:27,920 because I adore small children 121 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,600 and I hate seeing them suffer. 122 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,560 -Hello. -Good morning. 123 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,280 I wake up and then I go to school. 124 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,360 And after school, I go to work. 125 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:00,120 I work as an apprentice carpenter, but I also make paper and prints. 126 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,680 Pick it up and keep silent so it doesn't slip through your hands. 127 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,760 I'm friends with all of them. 128 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:15,880 Ali, Walid, and Imad 129 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,840 were injured during the war. 130 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,600 Please, Mr. Sa’eed! It's between Issa and me. 131 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:33,080 Sou'ad uses crutches. She was injured during the massacre. 132 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,520 Yes, bring them together. 133 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,360 And then there is me, and my hand. 134 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:43,160 And head, and legs sustained injury too, but I can still walk. 135 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,720 …you can see, I'm on it. 136 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,240 -Move your hand back. -We don't want to break it, man! 137 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,600 Are you worried about that or about me? 138 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:56,280 I do worry about you. But you won't break if you fall on the ground. 139 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:01,560 Mr. Issa, bring me that pot on your way over. 140 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,320 …the waves go with it. 141 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:07,320 It took you an hour. 142 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,080 Sa’eed teaches me. 143 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:19,280 He tells me to use my head and to concentrate. 144 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,880 -Finish this for me. -What if it goes wrong? 145 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,640 Then we'll fix it. Everything will be okay. 146 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:26,800 -Are you sure? -You're still learning. 147 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,320 -Are you sure? Are you? -Stop it. 148 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,040 No worries. It'll be one of many in the future. 149 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,480 -Easy, Issa. It will be all right. -What else can I do? 150 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,080 The apple is gone. Eve ate it. 151 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,160 Have you kicked us out of heaven then? 152 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,320 Which one is Eve? 153 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,240 -Beware of God's woe on you! -She ate it. 154 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:55,640 We were pretty comfortable in heaven. Why did you have to bring us down? 155 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,480 My hand is trembling. 156 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:05,600 You'll soon get the hang of it. Watch. 157 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:07,960 Like this. 158 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,440 Do you see this, Issa? It's a camera. 159 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,800 Try to film something with it. 160 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:19,560 How? 161 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,560 Turn it round, Issa. This is what records things. 162 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,480 I can see your eye. 163 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,200 No. Turn it round. 164 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:36,160 This is where you record things and this is the TV screen. 165 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,360 Wow! I can see Imad smiling. 166 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,360 How come? 167 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,080 Come here. 168 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,880 Do you want me to climb into the camera? 169 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,720 Look, you. 170 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,040 What can you see? 171 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,520 Should I comb my hair or put some eye make-up on? 172 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,200 Actually, you're holding a pen. 173 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,160 You have your hand on your cheek. 174 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,880 -Hi there, Mai! -Hello, Issa 175 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,840 -Hello. -How are you? 176 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,480 Fine, thank you. 177 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:19,800 What do you see? 178 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,720 I can see really well now. 179 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,520 Look! I can see an image of the horse. 180 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,360 Move away! 181 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:48,920 Hey! Stop! 182 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,560 Oh, how cute! 183 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:06,760 Switch it off until we get to my grandfather's place. 184 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,160 Granddad, would you like to return to Palestine? 185 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,960 Of course I would. Is there anyone who doesn't like their homeland, son? 186 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,120 There's no place like home. 187 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,520 My homeland is very dear to me. 188 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,640 No matter where we go, we will always be outsiders. 189 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,560 Until Almighty God takes us back home someday. 190 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:30,800 Our homeland is ours. 191 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,920 It cannot be bought or sold and it's very dear to us. 192 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:45,040 My grandfather owns a shop. He sells fresh water and sweets. 193 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:53,080 The drinking water in Shatila is yellow and filthy. 194 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,600 That's why people have to buy clean water. 195 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:04,160 I sometimes help out in the afternoons or during my lunch break. 196 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:19,480 With regard to my family and my ancestors… 197 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:26,320 My grandfather tells me that he is from Haifa in Palestine. 198 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,280 When I asked him why he left Palestine, 199 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:37,320 he told me that they did not have enough weapons with which to resist. 200 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:44,400 A lot of people were dying. 201 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,440 He's got lots of arms from… 202 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:52,080 There were also shells. 203 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:57,240 Each one could destroy an entire building. 204 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,640 Israel attacked us with these weapons, but we had no way to fight back. 205 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:08,800 There you are! I can only see your sweater. 206 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,280 I can see you clearly now. 207 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,160 I can see you now, yes. 208 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,240 Look at the WordPress. 209 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,520 When my father comes home from work, 210 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,080 he has dinner and then he works on his computer. 211 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,560 He also tells Mom about his day. 212 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,840 Meanwhile, we play or do our homework. 213 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:38,000 "One night, a stormy wind blew, and the rain came down in torrents." 214 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:39,920 "Koko's body shivered…" 215 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,360 Mom teaches at a kindergarten school. 216 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,840 She also helps us with our homework. 217 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,640 He felt… 218 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,200 I don't let you make the coffee because you might spill it. 219 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,440 I studied at a United Nations Relief school. 220 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,280 My father was a laborer with a limited income. 221 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:04,040 In 1982, when Israel invaded Lebanon, my father was detained 222 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:05,960 and we found ourselves without a breadwinner. 223 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:12,320 I had to knit for a living, because things were getting worse by the year. 224 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,480 I met Khalid and married him in 1986. 225 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:24,600 Later, I had the chance to study at a nursery education training center 226 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:31,120 I studied for two years and earned a diploma in nursery education. 227 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,360 -I'm going to show you a WordPress game. -Really? 228 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:40,080 Dad is a cleaner for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. 229 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,600 But before that, 230 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:50,880 he was a computer and electronics expert. 231 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:56,120 Sometimes I feel like he's fed up with his life. 232 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:10,360 At first, this job made me feel uptight. 233 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,760 Especially if I bumped into somebody I knew. 234 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:22,560 It's not because I'm fed up or uptight or anything like that. 235 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:28,520 It's because of the way people look at me. "Do you work here?" 236 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,480 "Yes, I do. What's the problem?" 237 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,880 Then they changed their attitude towards me. 238 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:40,720 But despite that, I've pursued my studies in computer science. 239 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,600 I don't accept my present reality, but I cannot change that. 240 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:54,400 There is also something distinct about all of us, not just myself. 241 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,440 I mean us, Palestinians. 242 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,360 There are 50 or 60 types of jobs 243 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,320 that we are not allowed to have. 244 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,280 Shatila has become a gathering place… 245 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,400 for all the downtrodden in this country. 246 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,160 And not just the Palestinians. 247 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,840 Beirut's poor ended up in Shatila. 248 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,640 All of the dispossessed have moved into Shatila. 249 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:41,880 What are you doing here? 250 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:47,600 Since 1982, we've been caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. 251 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:55,280 We, the people, have had to put up with the mistakes of our leaders, 252 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,880 who have abandoned us and forgotten about us. 253 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,960 Then the Lebanese government held us responsible for all of those mistakes. 254 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,520 -There is clearly something wrong. -After you got me in trouble! 255 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,920 No one gives a damn. They only think of Gaza, Jericho, and the Oslo Accords. 256 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,040 No one talks about the Palestinian refugees that are here. 257 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:22,000 I asked Granny when the Shatila camp was built. 258 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:26,760 She said when they left Palestine she was only four years old. 259 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:35,080 We hope that things will be resolved, so that we can return to our homeland. 260 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,800 Granny also told me 261 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,960 that her grandfather was a senior boatman in Jaffa. 262 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:49,680 When he heard that the Israelis had caused a massacre at Deir Yassin, 263 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,880 he feared for his children's lives 264 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:59,680 and decided to flee to Lebanon until things calmed down. 265 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,440 To this day, they still hope that they can return to Palestine someday. 266 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,440 I have worked as a brassware seller 267 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:15,360 and I have worked as a blacksmith and vegetable seller. 268 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:22,360 I couldn't hold down any of those jobs for more than a week or two. 269 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:33,160 Finally, I started working at the co-op, and I've managed to stay in the job. 270 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,520 -How though? -It's hard, but we need to stretch it… 271 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Ali is teaching me how to use the printing plate. 272 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,800 I think of him as an older brother. 273 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,800 -All right, big guy? -Yeah! 274 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,160 What happened when you had your accident? 275 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,440 Which one? Do you mean when I was injured? 276 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,800 I'll tell you how I was injured. I was very young. 277 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,840 I was nine months old. 278 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,520 My mother was buying some things for me. 279 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,320 She carried me over her shoulder 280 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,240 and then a shell landed and I was thrown out of her arms. 281 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:21,400 She was injured. 282 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,720 We were both injured. That's our story. 283 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,120 That's how I got injured. 284 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,640 -It was a small piece of shrapnel. -Nothing serious, I hope. 285 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,800 It hasn't helped. I'm still waiting to get up and walk. 286 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:46,400 Ali's story began when he was just nine months old. 287 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:52,080 His mother was hit and so was he. 288 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,800 She died and her body was dumped in a ditch. 289 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,520 Ali was raised by his grandmother. 290 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,720 Watch your head. 291 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,840 Ghazi takes his cart 292 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:36,200 and he loads it with sand and stones, 293 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,880 which he then sells 294 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:46,680 to bombed-out building sites. 295 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,680 Sometimes he takes us for a ride 296 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,800 and we have a lot of fun. 297 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,440 {\an8}"Bird." 298 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:34,360 {\an8}"Ruler." 299 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,480 {\an8}-"Bridge." -"Bridge." 300 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,720 -"Tramp". -"Trampled". 301 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,800 "Trampled". 302 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,160 "Turned". 303 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,440 What's going on here? 304 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,720 -My home. -My home. 305 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,680 Farah and her mother 306 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,720 went to the co-op one day. 307 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:14,040 We met there and she started visiting my school and teaching me. 308 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:15,320 I'm messing with you. 309 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,840 When I first started teaching him, I thought that he couldn't read. 310 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,800 It turned out that he remembered quite a lot. 311 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,160 Good on him for being able to remember. 312 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:39,720 He showed me how he had written "Palestine" on the blackboard. 313 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,760 I told him that his handwriting wasn't very good. 314 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:46,640 He became quite angry and I felt like he was cross with me. 315 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,800 The next time he showed me his handwriting, 316 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,720 I told him that it was fine. 317 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,040 How many pies could you afford? 318 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,280 Well done! 319 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,200 I was about to get it, but you let me lose! 320 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,600 Come on! 321 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,120 Yes, this is the best thing. 322 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,320 Define the word that's in brackets. 323 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,240 "The bird flew in the sky." 324 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,760 Is it an active subject, a predicate, or a verb? 325 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:56,960 A verb. 326 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,840 "The tyrant bit his fingers with remorse." 327 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:05,520 Is "tyrant" a predicate, a verb, or a subject? 328 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,040 -Subject. -That's right. 329 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:10,640 Great. Wait, okay. 330 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,360 Issa is the cleverest. 331 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,080 -No! -Who is then? 332 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,920 -I am the cleverest one here. -Fine, you're all clever then. 333 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,280 Don't get cocky. 334 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,960 But you need to sort out the pantyhose first. 335 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,720 It doesn't matter, the washing will get sorted anyway. 336 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,160 My mother comes from a family of eight, five brothers and three sisters. 337 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:41,320 Two of her brothers were killed during the War of the Camps. 338 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,200 My brother Ahmad was killed in 1986. 339 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,680 I was about four months pregnant with Farah. 340 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,960 It was December. 341 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,520 Less than a year later, my brother Mohammad was killed. 342 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,400 What really hurts me 343 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:04,160 is that Mohammad said he wanted to throw a birthday party for Farah. 344 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,680 He was killed four months before her first birthday. 345 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,600 That's why Mommy never throws birthday parties for any of us. 346 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:23,920 Every time we ask her about it, she bursts into tears. 347 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:37,440 Aunt Ibtihaj was killed during the Israeli invasion. 348 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,640 A shell hit her house. 349 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:44,080 She was nine months pregnant. She was taken straight to the hospital. 350 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:52,040 Nobody could believe it when the baby was delivered alive. 351 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,400 The baby lived for five hours, but later died. 352 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,680 Daddy has been looking for work in the computer business… 353 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,160 SHATILA CLUB - SERVICES AND GAMES. PRINTING, DOCUMENT PHOTOCOPYING, 354 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:11,600 SELLING AND REPAIRING COMPUTER DEVICES 355 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,080 …but he hasn't had any luck. 356 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:23,240 So he told Mommy that he planned to open a computer shop in Shatila. 357 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,240 He wanted to begin with the computer that we have at home 358 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,760 and then buy three more in installments. 359 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:41,120 My ambition is to lead a normal life, 360 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,440 to raise my children and give them a good education. 361 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,760 I just want them to lead a normal life, nothing else. 362 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:53,880 But when you are faced with the realities of this place, 363 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,800 you soon realize how difficult that is. 364 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:10,400 She took the basket and she knocked at the door. 365 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,200 And who opened it? 366 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,840 -Her stepmother. -Her stepmother. 367 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,320 Was she happy to see her? 368 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,240 -No. -And why not? 369 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,120 Because she didn't want her in her house. 370 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,920 -Go away! -Come on. 371 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,280 She pushed her out the door. 372 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,200 Poor Sawsan had to sit outside in the freezing snow. 373 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,360 When my children talk to me about their dreams and ambitions, 374 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,640 like when Farah tells me that she wants to become a doctor, 375 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:44,880 I feel awkward and afraid to tell them the truth. 376 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,320 Then I think to myself 377 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:54,920 and wonder what kind of future lies ahead of us. 378 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,600 He was leaving work that afternoon. 379 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:13,680 He was coming from… 380 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:18,720 My grandfather told me the story of my uncle Ahmad, 381 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,440 who was killed in the Shatila massacre. 382 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,280 My other uncle, Mohammad… 383 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:33,640 was hit by a shell while he was out walking. 384 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:39,600 Some people suffered injuries to their legs or arms. 385 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,920 Others lost a leg or a hand. 386 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:49,360 Uncle Mohammad had a cut on his neck and died. 387 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,120 We were sitting on the balcony and… 388 00:34:55,200 --> 00:35:02,640 My aunt Ne'amat was sitting down. 389 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:07,240 She was hit by a stray bullet, right here. 390 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:13,520 As you see, God has taken two sons and a daughter from me. 391 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,440 Almost every household has been stricken with grief. 392 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:25,880 Some have lost two sons, some three. Others have only lost one. 393 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:31,000 Some have lost their whole family. That's war for you. No family is spared. 394 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:36,080 So that's the story of your uncles and aunt. 395 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:46,560 I was the only one awake, the rest were fast asleep. 396 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,640 I heard the clinking of glasses in the kitchen. 397 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,280 I went to have a look but found nothing. 398 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:04,240 Sometimes I can hear someone calling my name. 399 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,200 Who, I wonder, would be calling out my name? 400 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,480 I saw no one around me. 401 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:15,720 I once dreamt that my grandmother… 402 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,040 came out of her picture. 403 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:21,800 She is dead. 404 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,400 She came out of her picture… 405 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,880 and asked me to fetch her a glass. 406 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:33,520 I told her that there were some people outside who were bothering me. 407 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,760 She told me that there was a mental asylum out there. 408 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:44,760 I told her that the asylum was no longer there, but here in our building. 409 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:51,440 She then reminded me that I had forgotten to fetch that glass for her. 410 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:58,680 I went to fetch it and then I saw her walk away slowly… 411 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:03,080 until she went back into her picture. 412 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:24,720 "Tank." 413 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,560 It's a tail. 414 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,120 Whose tail? Is it a donkey's or a dog's? 415 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,280 Something like that. 416 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,040 What dream… 417 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:41,840 Push off! 418 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,120 Just tell me a little bit, please. 419 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:48,920 What's the most frightening dream you've ever had? 420 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,760 The one with you in it! 421 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,280 Come on, be serious. 422 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:55,560 -Come on. -I mean it. 423 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,400 Fine! I'm not talking to you anymore. 424 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,680 If you don't talk to me, I won't talk to you. 425 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:09,760 Move your hand away! I want to see that. 426 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,600 That one! 427 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,280 Just a bit more, please. 428 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,320 What is there, but not there? 429 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,280 There, but not there? 430 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,840 -There, but not there? -Air! 431 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:45,240 Some clowns from France visited us once. 432 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:48,000 They put on a very nice show. 433 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,960 I was frightened at first. 434 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:58,680 I was worried that they might do something to me. 435 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,080 They came for a day… 436 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,360 and left straight after. 437 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,040 We were so happy. 438 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:41,720 We couldn't believe that we'd been visited by clowns from abroad. 439 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,280 They only came that one time and then they left. 440 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,200 If only they would come back. 441 00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,680 A long time ago, 442 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:10,000 I dreamt that I was a prince. 443 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,000 I had a hat on my head 444 00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:17,560 and I rode a horse. 445 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:24,760 I held the reins and I let him run. 446 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:31,480 People were looking at me, 447 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,000 but they didn't believe that I was a prince. 448 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,480 I grabbed a large handful of money 449 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,360 and I said, "Take it." 450 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:47,840 When I woke up, I thought, "What a waste. All that money." 451 00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:45,960 Sometimes I close my eyes 452 00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:52,520 so I can see pretty images. 453 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:59,280 I see a dog and things like that. 454 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:04,200 The paint in our house is peeling, 455 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,800 so I will try to see something else there, like a pretty girl. 456 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,840 I imagine it, really. 457 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,080 What was that folk song about? 458 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,240 -It was about Palestine. -Yes, about Palestine. 459 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,360 -Why Palestine? -We want them to give back our land. 460 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,680 -Why is that? -Because the Israelis took it. 461 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:39,840 Why did they do that? 462 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:45,760 Because it has heritage, olive trees, lemons, and citrus fruits. 463 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:51,120 We have to get our land and our country back. 464 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:54,160 And our houses as well. 465 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:57,280 We want them to be as beautiful as they once were. 466 00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:04,200 They killed people over there. 467 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,080 They should let people be the way they were. 468 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,400 How would you draw a new Palestine? 469 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,240 Like a beautiful house, all decorated. 470 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,080 I'd draw the land 471 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,640 and then draw my grandfather's house the way my grandmother described it. 472 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:27,760 Imagining is the main thing, even if you only draw a bird. 473 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:30,000 I want the color blue. 474 00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,040 I want the Palestinian flag next to it. 475 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,600 There are some tangerines, bananas… 476 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:43,240 -Cooked rice with lentils? -…lentils, cooked rice with lentils… 477 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,960 A lemon, and stewed vegetables. 478 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:49,960 Yes, teacher, they grow vegetables there. 479 00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:02,600 I wish they would let us return to our land. 480 00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:10,640 I asked my grandfather if he would go back to Palestine. 481 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,800 "Would you go back to Palestine?" 482 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:20,240 And he said that he would if he could. 483 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,920 Your land is your land, no matter what. 484 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,640 Yes, I'd love to go back to Palestine. 485 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:37,640 Perhaps the birds there are different… 486 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,280 to the ones over here. 487 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,920 If you have a bird here… 488 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:50,440 does that mean that you'd know what color the bird is over there? 489 00:45:54,280 --> 00:46:00,000 I wish they would let us return to the land that is ours.