Presented in collaboration with Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG) and Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI)

Randa Chahal Sabag, 2001, 57 min.

Souha Béchara, a Christian from South Lebanon, has always known the region under Israeli occupation. She tries to assassinate General Lahd, the head of the South Lebanon Army, an auxiliary of the Israeli Army. He is left gravely injured, narrowly escaping death. Souha is imprisoned and tortured at length.

She is 21 years old, and will spend 10 years at the Khiam detention center, 6 of which in solitary confinement. May 24th, 2000, after 23 years of occupation, Israel retreats from South Lebanon. The Khiam detention center is mobbed by the crowds.

The film follows Souha Béchara’s return to her village, Deir Mimas, to the Khiam jail, in the very place where she tried to assassinate General Lahd. For Souha, surviving hell is a joyful, thoughtful, and liberating travel diary. The diary of a trip that, for a moment, let one believe in the possible reconciliation of our country.

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