Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Sahera Dirbas | 37 minutes

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Stranger in my home

Sahera Dirbas 2007 docu 37 min.

Stranger in My Home relates the stories of eight Palestinian Jerusalemite
families that were twice turned into refugees in their own city: in 1948
and again in 1967. After 40 years they recall the events that occurred in
the Moghrabi Quarter of Jerusalem during the 1967 war and led to their
second dispossession at the hands of the Israeli government. Each family
then travels to see its original house which was seized and occupied in the
war of 1948. Their original houses are located in the Baqa'a, Talbiyeh,
Qatamon and Mosrarah neighbourhoods of what is now West Jerusalem. In some
of the most moving and surprising scenes, several of these families are
able to enter their former homes and enter into discussions with the
Israeli occupants. Alongside these oral testimonies and personal
experiences, the film enjoys an interview with the renowned Israeli
architectural historian David Kroyanker who has researched and published
authoritative studies on these houses and their painful histories.

Full feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKY9a2S2yk4
https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/10496/-Stranger-in-my-home--Jerusalem

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