I Am From Palestine | Award-Winning Short Animation (full) | Rifk Books

 

I Am From Palestine | Award-Winning Short Animation (full) | Rifk Books

Award-winning children’s animation about the Palestinian-American experience in K-12 schools.

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Synopsis: As Saamidah, a young Palestinian-American girl, anxiously starts her first day of school, she finds her identity in question when faced with a world map that doesn't include her homeland. 2024 Festivals: Māoriland Film Festival San Diego Arab Film Festival My HERO International Film Festival: Honorable Mention 2023 Film Festivals: World Premiere: RiverRun International Film Festival Chicago Palestine Film Festival - Closing night short Inca Imperial International Film Festival Arab Film Festival @ Arab American National Museum Leeds Palestinian Film Festival San Diego International Film Festival Spark Micro-Short Film Festival Muslim Film Festival Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival Palestinian Refugees Film Festival Portland Film Festival: Will Vinton Award Syria Film Festival - Toronto CAST & CREW: Directed by: Iman Zawahry Produced by: Rifk Ebeid Animated by: Lamaa Jawhari Additional animation by: Fadia Jaradat Music composition by: Abed Hathot, Akram Haddad Songs by: El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe Edited by: Grace Ibrahim Trailer edited by: Maximillian Layland Sound Design by: Barbaros Kaynak Written by: Rifk Ebeid, Iman Zawahry Story Consultation: Paul Seetachitt Starring: Jannah Ebeid (Saamidah), Aizzah Fatima (Teacher), Waseem Alzer (Baba) Portuguese subtitles: Juliana Souza Spanish subtitles: Ashley Cisneros French subtitles: Kunle Fasasi Arabic subtitles: Yahya Dajani Based off the book: Baba What Does My Name Mean? A Journey to Palestine, Written by Rifk Ebeid, Illustrated by Lamaa Jawhari. Available online everywhere books are sold. For more info: www.rifkbooks.com Inquiries: info (at) rifkbooks (dot) com Instagram: @iamfrompalestine.animation Para la versión en Español, doblada por el Comunidad Palestina de Sevilla, haga clic aquí:    • Yo soy de Palestina | Español - Corto gala...   Lyrics to “Take me to Palestine” song during Palestine scenes: خذني عفلسطين خذني يا طير لا تواخذني رجعني على بلادي عند أهلي وولادي بلادي يا أم النضال يلي انجبتي ابطال خذني ع ارض المحتل على السهل وعلى التل والأرض تنده وتقول خذني عفلسطين خذني Take me to Palestine, O bird, please Return me to my country, to my family and children My country, the mother of struggle, the one that gave birth to heroes Take me to the occupied land, to the plain and the hill And the land calls out and says, “Take me to Palestine, take me.”