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Rashid Masharawi visited Baghdad to meet the young children forced to work around the city, drawing parallels between them and youngsters in Gaza.
In January 2009, while Israel is bombarding Gaza, Rashid Masharawi is in Baghdad making a film on young children forced to work in post-war Iraq. Contrasting their lives with those of similarly burdened Gazan children, the film presents a world in which everyone, no matter how young, has to struggle to survive. As a Palestinian and Gazan, with extensive personal experience of life in refugee camps, Masharawi's deep sense of identification with the children's traumas makes for a deeply affecting and authoritative document of local situation.
Qatar, Tunisia/2009/Arabic dialogue with English subtitles/Colour/DigiBeta/52 mins
Directed by: Rashid Masharawi
2009 | DIFF, Dubai
* Muhr Arabic Documentary
* World Premiere
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