When Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, the city of Rafah was suddenly split, between Egypt and Gaza, by an immense metal and concrete wall. Families found themselves divided by a highsecurity international border, though their houses often lay less than 100m apart. Before long, influential families moved their business underground, through dozens of secret tunnels burrowed below the Israeli border fence. Everything moves through Rafah's tunnels: from cigarettes and drugs to cash and people. It is a vast enterprise, and pays five times the average annual Gaza salary in one month. It is a family business, passed on from father to son and always - for reasons of security as well as economics - kept in the family.
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ES ES-OVNI CTX-S012-SS004-0008
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2007
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ES ES-OVNI CTX-S010-SS005-0019
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2002
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Anas ek Aili works with Palestinian children in Ramallah. Independently, they create a video to portray their surroundings from their own perspective and their understanding of the language of video.
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ES ES-OVNI CTX-S010-SS003-0002
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1993
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Discusses the Palestinian Hamas movement in comparison with Fatah. The program explores the ideological underpinnings of the Intifada, coordinated by Hamas and transmitted to the young in educational sessions and public gatherings. The ideology stresses the central importance of Islam in social and political life of every Muslim.
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S014-SS001-0071
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2009
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Long still frames, text, language, and sound are woven together to unfold the narrative of an anonymous group who fill their time by measuring distance.