[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyXTW3bjyI]
The long-awaited documentary, Chronicles of a Refugee, is now ready for purchase from the Palestine Online store or the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. This six-part series on the global Palestinian experience of displacement since Israel’s foundation is one of the most important documentaries about Palestinians to come out in some time. Why? It presents the actual, unfiltered voices of the refugees themselves. Too often, they are cast aside in political discourse, treated as an object of analysis or a rightsless piece of some peace puzzle. This series by Aseel Mansour, Adam Shapiro, and Perla Issa is a must-see.
Next paycheck I’m ordering several for Hanukkah, Christmas, and Eid gifts. Get your copy today. even if you know all there is to know about Palestinians around the world order it to support the filmmakers and the Palestine Online Store or Washington Report.
Also, KABOBer Tarik produced the musical score.
Related posts:
- Iraqi Refugee Situation Part II: The Strain on Syria
- Match-making Chronicles: You know you are part of a hardcore Arab family…
- The Match-making Chronicles: Race/Ethnicity/Nationality of Ideal Husband
- Walls of Shame
- Arabina-whoops! I mean “Angelina”-Jolie visits Iraqi Refugee camps in Syria
Just copped it…thanks.
Posted by Yasser | December 10, 2008, 12:32 pmChronicles has a Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36863209131
Posted by Palestine Center | December 11, 2008, 10:58 amINTERVIEWS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEIR YASSIN MASSACRE
In retrospect, Palestinians of today admit that one of the most terrible mistakes they made back in 1948 was to over-report the details of the Deir Yassin massacre. “The goal was to mobilize Arab support for the Palestinians who were slaughtered by the Zionists but what really happened was that more and more Palestinians became scared and left their country,” said Hazem Nusseibeh, a leading Palestinian figure who currently lives in Jordan. In 1948 he was among the key figures of the city of Jerusalem.
…”True, there was exchange of fire with the Jews. Prior to the attack, they used to come to the village and distribute leaflets calling for the establishment of friendly and brotherly relations with us offering a formula of ‘do not hit us, we won’t hit you.’ Our youths confronted them and did not listen to them. Our youths used to go out to the eastern side of the village and beat up whatever Jew they saw.”
…Mohammed Asaad Radwan Al Yassini, 70, who currently lives in the Old City of Jerusalem, confirmed that some of the men were dressed in women’s outfits.
…Did they use speakers and what did they say?
“They called on us to surrender, to throw our weapons and to save ourselves. But we did not imagine them breaking into the village.
…Ali Yousef Jaber, Abu Yousef, is also 70 years old. He lives in Am’ari refugee camp near Ramallah. Excerpts below:
“I would like to stress on the fact that no rape incidents took place. That was part of a big lie that some of the Arabs and some of our leaders invented but were refuted by our villagers. I was among a group of people who went to Saad Eddin Al Aref to talk to him about this. He told us he wanted to frame them and attribute to them a brutal crime. I said to him: if you want to frame them, do not use Deir Yassin, or our women. Do not attribute to us something that never happened, otherwise this is infamy that our village and its people do not deserve…
Posted by Peace Now | December 11, 2008, 12:47 pm