Far Away from Home

At a glance

Far Away from Home, is a 1969 Syrian movie, directed by Qais Al-Zubaidi. with a runtime of 11 minutes.

Overview

Far Away from Home is a documentary film that captures life inside Al-Sabineh Palestinian refugee camp in Syria with a method both innovative and deeply humane. After filming the camp and its residents — particularly its children — the director returned with the footage and screened it for the children themselves, recording their spontaneous reactions, laughter, and commentary. These responses were then woven into the final film, creating a layered dialogue between observer and observed that was groundbreaking at the time. The result is a richly personal document of Palestinian refugee life in Syria, one that honors its subjects' agency and voice while bearing witness to displacement, community, and resilience far from home.

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