Film documents experience of 15 students who were taken on an eye-opening journey to New York arranged by a Un agency
The distance from Gaza to New York is 9,150km, but for 15-year-old Motaz Al-Jamal the gulf between the rubble of his hometown of Rafah and the neon glitz of Times Square could have been inter-planetary.
"It was wonderful, words can't help me," he said. "I have seen it in the movies but I never imagined myself actually being there."
Al-Jamal was one of 15 Gazan boys who left their besieged home, most for the first time, to visit the Us earlier this year on a trip organised by Unrwa, the Un agency for Palestinian refugees.
Since Israel tightened its blockade of Gaza after Hamas took control in June 2007, it has been almost impossible for ordinary people to leave the territory. Even with the easing of the siege over the past few months,...
The distance from Gaza to New York is 9,150km, but for 15-year-old Motaz Al-Jamal the gulf between the rubble of his hometown of Rafah and the neon glitz of Times Square could have been inter-planetary.
"It was wonderful, words can't help me," he said. "I have seen it in the movies but I never imagined myself actually being there."
Al-Jamal was one of 15 Gazan boys who left their besieged home, most for the first time, to visit the Us earlier this year on a trip organised by Unrwa, the Un agency for Palestinian refugees.
Since Israel tightened its blockade of Gaza after Hamas took control in June 2007, it has been almost impossible for ordinary people to leave the territory. Even with the easing of the siege over the past few months,...
- 12/11/2010
- by Harriet Sherwood
- The Guardian - Film News
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