November 9, 2026
An award-winning animated short for children by Iman Zawahry. Saamidah, a young Palestinian-American girl, nervously starts her first day at school, and finds her identity questioned when the world map on the classroom wall does not include her homeland.
The film speaks to the experience of Palestinian-American children in US schools, and has screened at festivals including Māoriland Film Festival and the San Diego Arab Film Festival.



