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Headstart for Omar

United States, 1975
film

Omar was a boy when he fled with his parents from the family orange grove near Jaffa and joined 750,000 Palastinian Arab refugees streaming out of the new Sta..

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Tomorrow begins today

United States, 1961
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The Arab refugees

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A Nomad boy

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Innocent strangers

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The Fountain of Jabalia

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My family

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I Remember 1948

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Peace is more than a dream....

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Young voices from the Arab world: the lives and times of five teenagers [NTSC]

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Country of Islam

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Sigaalow: Town of dust

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Dreams and silence = Reves et silences

United Kingdom, 1991
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Greetings From Iraq

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Give them a chance: we very much regret

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United Kingdom, 1955
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Oman today: the challenge

United States, 1982
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Island exile

United States, 1955
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