Category: Palestine

Interview with Mohammed by AH ’22 and SN ’22. Mohammed is a fifty-six-year-old Palestinian filmmaker. Born in a refugee camp in Jordan and having studied political science prior to filmmaking, Mohammed fervently believes in a philosophy that films should carry a message and a potential to impact the world—and thus he creates films to capture…

Interview of Mohammed by EB ’21. Mohammed is from Gaza, Palestine, and that made my interviews with him hugely interesting. He was initially born in Saudi Arabia, but as I learned, the connection his family felt for the land lost in 1967 was too great to resist and he subsequently moved back to Gaza with…

Interview with Sarah by LS ’21. Sarah is a 22-year-old journalist and filmmaker from Jenin, Palestine. She is extremely close with her family, often traveling long hours to visit her 2 younger brothers, mother, and father. Sarah studied TV and radio broadcasting at An-Najah University and currently works for a web journalism organization called Dooz.…

Interview with S by AK ’21. S is from south Florida where she grew up in a very tight knit Palestinian family. Her hometown’s demographics are predominantly Jewish. She sometimes noticed tensions between the culture of her family and of her town, but accepted it as a part of life. She was first introduced to…

Interview with Asma by SN ’21. Asma is a 23 year old studying journalism in Palestine. While originally from Gaza, she currently lives with her entire family in a refugee camp in the West Bank. Asma is extremely passionate about pursuing journalism and media within her career. She studied at the university of Al-Quds Bard…

Interview with Tasnim by NA ’21. Tasnim is part of a large family where she is the youngest of her siblings. She is also a graduate from Hebron University where she studied media. Having started the first female theater group in her city, Tasnim has shown how much she cares about acting and spreading important…