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  • 7/4/2025
Despite living between walls and carrying one of the world's weakest ranking passports, a Palestinian filmmaker attempts | dG1fc2lxTTdsWVRxdHc
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00:00I'm a filmmaker and what you could call part-time backpacker. I'm a Palestinian
00:17and I carry one of the world's weakest ranking passports. But despite of this I
00:24decided to grab my camera and go on the road for three years to explore what
00:30lies behind the walls of our world.
00:37We are living in the same planet. We must help each other just like family.
00:46I think all problem that people don't know each other, all problem.
00:52In this situation, we can see how important our freedom of movement.
01:02When you're backpacking you're living like a local. You see things that I guess maybe your
01:08government or your society doesn't want you to always see.
01:10Last time when I tried to visit him, I got denied in the Penguin Airport in Tel Aviv.
01:24Once you meet someone, you say you're an immigrant. It's like you just built a wall between you and this person.
01:31As soon as you say I'm Palestinian, that's going to come with some baggage. I say I'm homeless, that comes with baggage.
01:46These may be only a slight part of our identity.
01:49If you have friends from all over the world and you cannot see them, what can you do?
02:02The thing is that there are many reasons why you wouldn't be able to see them. We have to address the main issue here.
02:10What's the main issue?
02:12What's the main issue?
02:28If you want to get a free life, you want to get a free life.
02:33And you want to get a free life.

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