November 9, 2026
Mai Masri’s 2001 film follows two Palestinian girls, Mona in Shatila camp in Lebanon and Manar in Dheisheh camp near Bethlehem, who become friends by letter.
When Israel withdraws from south Lebanon in 2000, they finally meet at the border fence, in one of the film’s most moving moments.
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