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[tense music]

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[wind howling]

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[Mohamed] Here are my skis.

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Handmade in Norway.

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I need help here.

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[Gro] Yeah!

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-Okay, so you see these?
-[Mohamed] What these?

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[Gro] These are the ones
that are to be stuck here.

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-Put it in.
-Yeah.

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-But flatly.
-Like this?

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Yeah. Until you can\'t
squeeze it anymore,

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-and then we push it down.
-[Mohamed] Okay!

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[in Arabic]

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[both laugh]

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[Gro] Wait. Okay.

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[in English] Arctic Mohamed.

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[chattering in Arabic]

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[Mohamed in English]We didn\'t
have a film school in Gaza.

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[in Arabic]

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[in English]
I had to learn by doing.

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[in Arabic]

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[extra]

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[Mohamed in English]
You were so proud of me
when I started

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a film and photography
initiative for young people.

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...extra high...

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I was only 21 years old.

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[in Arabic]

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[people speaking indistinctly]

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[Mohamed in English]
You remember
when the Norwegian delegation

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came to Gaza in 2013?

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It was a part of
the twin city exchange
between Gaza and Tromsoø.

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I met Hermann, the director of
the Nordic Youth Film Festival
in Tromsoø.

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[Hiba] This is the lab room,

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where they do
their media courses

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if it\'s talking about
social networks.

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[Mohamed]
Hermann and I stayed in touch.

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-[car horns honking]
-[indistinct chatter]

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A few months later, I received
an invitation from Hermann

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to participate in his festival.

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I gave you a hug
to last for a month.

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It was my first trip to Europe.

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[audience laughing
and applauding]

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Mohamed came to be with us
in Tromsoø for one month.

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To work with us.

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To make plans for the future.

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[Mohamed]
My trip coordinator, Gro,

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made an intensive program
for me.

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We traveled together
to different towns,

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where I gave talksabout my life and work in Gaza.

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The first night I arrived in
Tromsoø, it was dark and cold.

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Hermann and his wife, Martha,
hosted me at their home.

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Tromsoø seems like
the edge of the world

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in the very north of Norway,
far above the Arctic Circle.

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Towards the end of my trip,

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I went with Hermann
on a whale safari.

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[whoosh as whale exhales]

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[Mohamed singing in Arabic]

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[in Arabic]

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-[Ayman]
-[Khamis]

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[Ayman]

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[Ayman]

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[poignant music]

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[Mohamed in English]
The only gateway
for Palestinians

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between Gaza
and the rest of the world

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is the Rafah border crossing
with Egypt.

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But the border situation
is complicated

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and the crossing
is often closed.

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It\'s not easy
to travel through.

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[crowd shouting]

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On my first attempt to travel
with my Norwegian visa,

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I carried my dreams
and went to the border.

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The sun set, and my name
had still not been called.

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The only open space is the sky.
It\'s like a prison.

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I surrendered
to the circumstances
and didn\'t travel.

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You, Mom, the only person
who comforted me,

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you told me that I still have
a long life ahead of me

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with better opportunities.

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[explosion nearby]

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[people clamoring]

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[child wailing]

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[Mom in Arabic]

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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[Mohamed in English]
Everything changed when the
new attacks on Gaza began.

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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[Mom]

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-[Mom]
-[Mohamed]

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[Mohamed in English]
You and Dad tried to keep me
from leaving our house.

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But with my camera,
I couldn\'t stay home.

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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[Mohamed in English]
I volunteered
with the ambulance unit.

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Filming was the only way for me
to understand
what was going on.

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[in Arabic]

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[Mohamed]

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[explosion nearby]

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[Mohamed]

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[sirens wailing]

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[Mohamed in English]
After 51 days of attacks,

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all parties agreed
on a longer ceasefire.

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[indistinct chatter]

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After the ceasefire,the border was easier to cross.

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A few months passed
before I could accept
Hermann\'s invitation

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and travel to Tromsoø.

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I packed my suitcase,

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taking the materials I filmed
during the attacks with me.

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[in Norwegian]

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[female reporter in Norwegian]

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[in Norwegian]

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[in English]
You want to drink tea?

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[in English] No, I\'m finished.

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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[Tamer]

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[Jalal]

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[Tamer]

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[Mohamed in English]I spent
most of my time at the Tvibit,

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the youth center
where Hermann has his office.

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Young artists and filmmakers
often meet there.

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Since my tourist visa
was about to expire,

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Hermann advised me
to apply for an artist visa.

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I discovered that I was not
recognized as a Palestinian,

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according to
the Norwegian government.

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They listed me as a stateless.

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[wind blowing]

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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[man]

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[cheering]

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[man & children]

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[man]

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[children] Hand by hand,
we are building it.

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[Mohamed in English]
For me, the airport meant

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my dad was coming home
with gifts.

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[mellow music]

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When I was a teenager, we took
school trips to the airport.

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I always dreamed of
traveling from it.

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[Mohamed] There is light,
but we can\'t see it.

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It\'s something weird,
like nobody can talk about it.

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It\'s a winter secret of Tromsoø.

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[Gro] Oh, now it\'s... Look!

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-[Mohamed] It\'s amazing. Wow.
-[Gro in Norwegian]

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[Mohamed] That\'s how
the people suffer in Tromsoø
when it\'s so cold.

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-Oh, my God.
-[Gro in English] Suffering.

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-All right.Yallah.
-[Mohamed]Yallah?Let\'s go.

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We are talking about
the situation right now,

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and what if he goes back now?

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[Mohamed]
The border remained closed.

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Many people were telling me
to seek asylum.

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But I refused
because I refuse to give up
my Palestinian identity.

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[in Arabic]

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[Gro speaking indistinctly]

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[cell phone chimes]

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[Dad]

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[Mom]

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[Mom]

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[Dad]

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[Dad]

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[Dad]

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[Mom]

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[Mom]

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[Dad]

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[Dad]

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[Dad]

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[laughs]

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[seagulls squawking]

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[Mohamed in English]I always
love to share the beauty
of Gaza with the world.

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I love the sound of the market
and the vegetable vendors,

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the noisy life of our street,

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and our old house in the heart
of Shujaiya neighborhood.

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I always loved to go
to my dad\'s workshop

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and watch him fix
the televisions and radios.

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The TV arrives broken,

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and in a few hours, it comesback to life by my dad\'s hands.

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[wind blowing]

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I counted the days twice.

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Once for the absence of the sun

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and once for missing you.

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[Mohamed] Wow!

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[laughs]

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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Everybody who makes it
to the top will have
a piece of chocolate.

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-[Mohamed cheering]
-Woo-hoo!

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[Mohamed in English]
That\'s my challenge.

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Whoo!

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[laughs]

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Oh. Which direction?

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[man in Norwegian]

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[chattering in Norwegian]

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[seagulls squawking]

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[tense music]

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[in Arabic]

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[in English] One, two, three!

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[All] Whoo!

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-[seagulls squawking]
-[yelps]

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[Mohamed]
Getting to the top. Wow.

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[in Arabic]

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[in English] Blessed Friday.

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[wind whistling]

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[Mohamed in English]
After waiting
for more than eight months,

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I got a temporary
artist residency for a year.

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It was my first birthday
far away from you.

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I turned 25.

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[singing birthday song
in Norwegian]

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[all whooping]

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I hope it\'s a good picture.

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That would be nice. We\'ll
think about that next time.

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[Mohamed] It\'s like...

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[Hermann]
You got an award. A film prize.

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[Mohamed] How exciting!

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[Mohamed laughs]

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Wow, a children\'s book!

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-[Gro] It\'sMy First 50 Words.
-Yeah?

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[Gro] It\'s a very
symbolic meaning

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because we enjoyed
having you here so much.

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[in Norwegian]

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-[woman] No.
-[in English] What?

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Okay, so it\'s...

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So, now you have to
learn them all and stay forever.

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Okay. [reads in Norwegian]

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[playing melancholy tune]

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[Mohamed in English]I keptliving with Hermann and Martha.

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Hermann is from Germany.
And Martha is from the U.S.

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They were very understanding
of my situation,

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adapting to a new life.

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I told Mikesh,
Hermann and Martha\'s cat,

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everything
that was happening to me.

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I felt he understood me
and my Arabic.

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I didn\'t know how to cook,
but I learned.

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It was the only way
I could connect to the smell
and taste of home.

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Whenever I found
a difficult recipe,
I would talk to you, Mom.

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And you would explain to me
in detail what to do.

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[Mohamed in Arabic]

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[Mom]

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[Mohamed]

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[Mom]

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[Mohamed]

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[Mom]

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[panicked shouting]

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[Mohamed in English]I remember
when Dad bought me the first
mobile phone with a camera.

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I was 14.

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[students speaking indistinctly]

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All my friendsgathered around me for a photo.

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[speaking indistinctly]

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I took pictures
of everything around me.

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I became the camera guy.

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[rap music]

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[wind howling]

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In the endless winter nights
of Tromsoø,

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I started watching
the footage that I shot
during the attacks in Gaza.

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The wound was still open.

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I felt that I had
to tell the story.

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I decided to make a film

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about my 51 days
with the ambulance unit.

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[explosions]

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While editing,
I stopped the missiles
from falling on Gaza.

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With Hermann\'s help,
I got my first grant from the
North Norwegian Film Center.

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I started working
with a professional team.

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I like that idea, to bring,

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not only our little Tromsoø world
to Gaza,

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but the whole world.

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Seen from two different sides.

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[Mohamed]
My editor lived in Copenhagen.

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I went there to work
with her on the film.

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[in Arabic]

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[in English]
to make the best for the film.

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[speaking indistinctly
in Arabic]

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[in English]
We can\'t stay longer

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because we are tired
after a long day.

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[Nanna] Off we go.

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I\'ll push the button.

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Ready?

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-[Nanna] Are you ready?
-I\'m ready.

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[Nanna] You see now the way
we cut the film, Mohamed.

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-It cannot be calledAmbulance.
-No.

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-Do you feel that?
-[in Norwegian]

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[in English]
It\'s calledMy neighbor, Mikesh.

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Hi, Russian girl. How are you?
[in Russian]

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[in English]
Okay. Bye-bye. See you.

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[in English]
Have a great weekend!

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:36.600
Salaam.

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:42.480
[Mohamed]
I felt like a stranger
in Copenhagen.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:46.560
The Rafah border
was still closed.

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:50.296
Once again,
my visa was about to expire.

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:55.440
I had to apply for a new visa
to keep working on the film.

00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:00.600
I was thinking of you
all the time.

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:02.480 line:20%
[in Arabic]

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:19.336
[Mohamed in English]
I never intended
to live outside of Gaza.

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:26.160
But I felt it was important
to be here to share my voice
and our stories.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.120 line:20%
[man in Arabic]

00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:33.896
[sirens wailing]

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:39.320
[Mohamed in English]
I was ten years oldwhen the second intifada began.

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.000
[explosions]

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:46.360
It was the first time
I saw a warplane.

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.896
It was very loud.

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:50.176
-[car horns honking]
-[sirens wailing]

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.176
[people clamoring]

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.456
But not louder
than our resistance.

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:58.120
-[people clamoring]
-[car horn honking]

00:27:59.840 --> 00:28:05.336
I grew up living through
many important events
in our Palestinian life.

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:08.976
[camera shutter clicking]

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:11.136
Five years after the intifada,

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.296
we could finally move freely
within the Gaza Strip.

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:21.496
My friends and I
were so excited
to go on school trips.

00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:24.240
[camera shutter clicking]

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:29.600
[excited shouting]

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:32.696
[roundabout riders whooping]

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:35.560
[noise from fair fades out]

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:41.000 line:20%
-[Mom]
-[Mohamed]

00:28:49.520 --> 00:28:51.040
[Mohamed laughs]

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.720 line:20%
[Mohamed] Mm.

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.760 line:20%
[Mohamed laughs]

00:29:20.520 --> 00:29:22.040 line:20%
-[Ali]
-[Mohamed]

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.360 line:20%
[Mohamed]

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.016 line:20%
[Mohamed]

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:44.560 line:20%
-[Mom]
-[Mohamed]

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:51.920
[Mom speaks, is cut off]

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:58.640
[fragment of sentence]

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.160
Hmm.

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:36.240
[dog barking]

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:55.576
[Mohamed in English]
We had a great idea
to promote the film.

00:30:55.600 --> 00:31:00.240
To make an ambulance
like the one we drove in Gaza.

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:08.560
The ambulance traveled
with the film
wherever the film screens.

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:15.400
[sirens wailing]

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.280
[Gro] Okay.

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:31.496
[Mohamed]
So, where are you going now?

00:31:31.520 --> 00:31:34.496
-[Hermann] The premiere!
-Which premiere?

00:31:34.520 --> 00:31:36.736
Okay, we are going
to see the film.

00:31:36.760 --> 00:31:42.280
-World premiere!
-Whoo! [in Spanish]
Life is beautiful!

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:45.776
[Martha]
The filmmaker Mohamed Jabaly

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:47.976
is here today.

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.016
Mohamed,
please meet your audience.

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:53.656
Oh, my God. Hello!

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:58.376
Look how amazing.
How many people here.

00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:01.200
-[cheering]
-Whoo!

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:11.336
[Mohamed]The premiere
in Sheffield was my last tripoutside of Norway with the film

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:14.160
before my visa expired.

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:21.600
-[cheering and whistling]
-Whoo!

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.800
Thank you.

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:35.840 line:20%
[in Arabic]

00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:02.320
[tense music]

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:18.840
[traffic humming]

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:03.016
[Mohamed in English]
My visa was rejected

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:06.176
by the immigration authorities,
the UDI,

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:09.760
because I didn\'t have
a film degree.

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:16.896
I\'m now going to a meeting

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:21.416
regarding my visa,
with a lawyer.

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:24.176
-This is John Arvid Berger.
-Hello.

00:34:24.200 --> 00:34:27.656
[Mohamed] So, why we are here?
[Hermann] Why we are here?
Because of you.

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:34.296
[John] We\'re fighting
shoulder by shoulder,
back to back with you

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:39.336
to be able to work together
on your film.

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:44.176 line:20%
-We have two days
to deliver the...
-[phone ringing]

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:46.200 line:20%
-Here we go.
-Yeah.

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:48.256
-Hello.
-[Mohamed] Hello.

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:50.896 line:20%
-[Runa in Norwegian]
-[Mohamed] Hello.

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:53.776
[Runa in English]
I\'m so sorry for being late.

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:57.896
No, we have some time here.
No problem.

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:59.480 line:20%
[Runa in Norwegian]

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:11.760 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:20.840 line:20%
[Runa]

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:38.816
[in English] I\'m very pleased
to introduceAmbulance,
directed by Mohamed Jabaly.

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:44.256
-[audience applauding]
-I should be here with you
guys, but, like, you know,

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:46.696
the situation is always like...

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:53.136
The walls always stop me from
moving. But anyway, I\'m here.

00:35:53.160 --> 00:35:54.736
Can you tell us
where you are, Mohamed?

00:35:54.760 --> 00:36:01.856
I\'m now in Tromsoø,
the northern part of Norway.

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:06.200
I\'m here waiting
to get my visa.

00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:10.256
[speaking indistinctly]

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:12.816
When we travel,
we travel through Egypt.

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:16.496
Through the Rafah
crossing point.

00:36:16.520 --> 00:36:18.976
And that border is closed.

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:24.456
[Mohamed]Hello, FIPA!
Thank you so muchfor giving me these two awards.

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.496
Merci beaucoup.

00:36:25.520 --> 00:36:28.336 line:20%
[in English]nAnd I wish I could be with you.

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.296 line:20%
The Norwegian government
has rejected

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:35.576
his application to work
as a film director in Norway.

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:41.440
He is appealing
on his last chance right now.

00:36:41.520 --> 00:36:44.280
[audience applauding]

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:53.976
How was the screening?
How many people were inside?

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.656
-It was full.
-[woman] Full house.

00:36:55.680 --> 00:37:01.680
Okay. Sounds cool.[laughing]

00:37:07.040 --> 00:37:08.360 line:20%
[in Arabic]

00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:34.680
[mumbling]

00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:11.440 line:20%
[Mom]

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:22.480 line:20%
[Mom]

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:29.080 line:20%
[Mohamed]

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:51.120
[call to prayer]

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:18.920
[singing traditional hymn]

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:36.176
[line ringing]

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:39.016
-[Christine]Hello.
-[Mohamed in English]
Hi, Christine.

00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:40.736
-[Christine] Hey.
-[Mohamed] How are you?

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:44.216
-[Christine] Good.
-[Mohamed] We\'re all here.

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:48.096
I came here, and they saw
the new letter from the lawyer.

00:39:48.120 --> 00:39:53.016
I didn\'t see it or read it
in a clear way.

00:39:53.040 --> 00:39:57.056
And I didn\'t see the
whole numbers and everything.

00:39:57.080 --> 00:40:00.896
And I really got scared.
And I...

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:03.216
-I mean, I need your help.
-Yeah.

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:06.496
This will be not easy.
I feel the fear.

00:40:06.520 --> 00:40:12.736
That\'s what Hermann
has seen in my eyes yesterday.

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:15.736
How I was a little bit
skeptical of things.

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:21.176
I just want to find a solution
in a pressured way.

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:27.176
If you feel like
this is something heavy for you,
just let me know.

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:29.496
I can manage things.

00:40:29.520 --> 00:40:30.616
I\'m 26.

00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:34.176
[Hermann] Okay.
As far as it comes to me,

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:35.456
-I understand.
-Yeah.

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:41.816
And I support you
as far as I\'m able to.
I\'m capable to.

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:47.256
The most important thing for me
is that you express
what you want.

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:48.656
[Mohamed] Mm-hm.

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:51.816
And that you, in a way

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:56.576
lead us in the direction
it has to go.

00:40:56.600 --> 00:40:59.696
A big part of this, especially
when it comes to selecting

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:05.256
where to go, what to decide
for your life as far as...

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.656
-Yeah.
-As far as...

00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:09.856
As it is so big decisions.

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:11.696
It\'s your decisions.

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:14.920
[Hermann]
What do you think, Christine?

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:18.216
[Christine]
I believe in you, Mohamed.

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:22.296
I believe in the common project

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:26.376
that we have taken together
as a team.

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:28.496
I\'m concerned about

00:41:28.520 --> 00:41:30.896
if the government
rejects the possibility

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:36.496
for you to stay
during this processing time,

00:41:36.520 --> 00:41:38.656
I will go away for Christmas,

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:42.056
and that you will not be here
when I get back.

00:41:42.080 --> 00:41:45.536
We will make a mark,
whatever happens.

00:41:45.560 --> 00:41:46.256
Yeah.

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:48.920
[Christine]And I\'m 100%.

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:05.520 line:20%
[man speaking
indistinctly in Arabic]

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.776 line:20%
[Mohamed]Everything stopped.

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:12.096 line:20%
Gaza was the only thing
that kept beating.

00:42:12.120 --> 00:42:15.280 line:20%
[man on TV
speaking indistinctly in Arabic]

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.760 line:20%
[Ibrahim]

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:33.120
[Dad]

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:38.176 line:20%
[Mohamed in English]
You were all there
and I was here.

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:40.696 line:20%
Living between two worlds.

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:43.456
Limited by the screen size.

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.680 line:20%
[Mom]

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.840 line:20%
[in Arabic]

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:58.160 line:20%
[Mom]

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:08.776
[man on TV speaking
indistinctly in Arabic]

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:12.280
[explosions]

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:53.536
-[speaking indistinctly]
-[indistinct chatter nearby]

00:43:53.560 --> 00:43:55.600
[Hermann in English] Hello.

00:43:56.320 --> 00:44:00.216
-[Mohamed in English] Did you...
-[Hermann] It was heavy.

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:03.016
-I\'m totally wet.
-You didn\'t...?

00:44:03.040 --> 00:44:06.256
-Okay. Okay.
-Here, you see.

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:08.376
Oh, my God! But are you good?

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:11.496
-I\'m good. I think so, yes.
-Yeah?

00:44:11.520 --> 00:44:15.176
But you didn\'t read
your email yet?

00:44:15.200 --> 00:44:17.816
No. Is it something good?

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:20.896
It\'s always something good.

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:24.880
Nothing happens here.
No internet.

00:44:25.640 --> 00:44:29.800 line:20%
Okay. Oh, that\'s final.

00:44:33.520 --> 00:44:35.976
This is the final decision.

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.976
Yeah.

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:39.080
It\'s not good.

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:41.720 line:20%
[in Arabic]

00:44:45.640 --> 00:44:48.400
[in English]
Even before Christmas.

00:44:52.120 --> 00:44:53.760
Okay.

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:57.016
I would say

00:44:57.040 --> 00:45:04.280
we try to make an appointment
with the lawyer on Monday.

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:07.880
On Skype or phone.

00:45:14.560 --> 00:45:17.080
[rumbling]

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:19.976
[Mohamed]The last rejection
brought me back

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:24.016
to the worst night of my life
during the war.

00:45:24.040 --> 00:45:26.520
[explosions]

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:32.560
I felt like my heart
stopped beating for a moment.

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.816
The war.

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:36.696
The rejection.

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:37.920
Death.

00:45:38.040 --> 00:45:39.680
And life.

00:45:40.200 --> 00:45:45.040
I saw death, but I managed
to escape from it.

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:47.720
I survived the war.

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:50.680
And I would survive this too.

00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:02.496
[John] Yes. What about
alternatives to education?

00:46:02.520 --> 00:46:07.456
Like asylum, like refugee.
What\'s the...?

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:08.536
To seek asylum?

00:46:08.560 --> 00:46:09.816
-Yes.
-No, I don\'t think so

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:13.536
because that would probably
close all your opportunities

00:46:13.560 --> 00:46:15.656
in the future to get a visa.

00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:17.896
And you will most likely
get a rejection.

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:21.496
The policy as it is now
is extremely strict.

00:46:21.520 --> 00:46:22.496
We can disagree on that,

00:46:22.520 --> 00:46:25.056
but we know that you fulfill
other requirements.

00:46:25.080 --> 00:46:26.296
There will be other options.

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:29.480 line:20%
-[in Arabic]
-[cell phone ringing]

00:46:33.080 --> 00:46:35.640 line:20%
-[in Norwegian]
-[Runa in Norwegian]

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:42.616
[Runa in English]
You all have read through

00:46:42.640 --> 00:46:45.056
-the decision from UNE?
-[Hermann in English] Yeah.

00:46:45.080 --> 00:46:49.336
[Runa]So, basically, it is
a negative final decision.

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:54.696
The only way to appeal it
is to go to court.

00:46:54.720 --> 00:46:58.456
[Hermann] How strong
is that case to go to court?

00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:04.016
[Runa]I think it is
an interesting case
to take to court.

00:47:04.040 --> 00:47:07.536
It\'s never actually been tried,
a case like this.

00:47:07.560 --> 00:47:12.696
You could argue that
it\'s the wrong understanding
of the law

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:16.656
and a wrong understanding
of the facts.

00:47:16.680 --> 00:47:20.216
People from the film industry
are more likely

00:47:20.240 --> 00:47:21.536
to know this better than UNE.

00:47:21.560 --> 00:47:25.416
[Hermann]
That is the main thing for us.

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:29.216
They don\'t recognize
the qualifications.

00:47:29.240 --> 00:47:33.856
[in English] Can I somehow send
them some of my previous work,

00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:39.576
like films or something?
My latest film. Or some
other stuff they can see?

00:47:39.600 --> 00:47:46.080
[Runa]Yeah, you can send that.
You can also bring
some of that to court.

00:47:46.240 --> 00:47:47.680
[Hermann] Okay.

00:47:48.120 --> 00:47:49.480 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:08.696
[Runa in English]The next step
will be to send a warning for
a lawsuit to UNE in writing.

00:48:08.720 --> 00:48:11.616
Then it\'s important
that Mohamed

00:48:11.640 --> 00:48:16.376
tries to return or leave
Schengen as soon as possible

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:20.816
so that he doesn\'t get
any illegal stay in Norway.

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:26.176
You don\'t have any rights
or right to work or anything.

00:48:26.200 --> 00:48:26.896
Yeah.

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:29.360
-[Christine] Okay.
-[Mohamed] Thank you.

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:30.840 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:34.656
I actually have to go because
we have a family from Iran

00:48:34.680 --> 00:48:38.336
that is basically about
to be expelled in all this.

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:39.616
[Christine] Okay.

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:44.016
And keep me updated and let me
know what I should do.

00:48:44.040 --> 00:48:45.440 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:47.680 line:20%
[Gro]

00:48:50.560 --> 00:48:53.416
-Mohamet.
-[Mohamed] Mohamed.

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:55.016
-Mohamed.
-[Mohamed] Yeah.

00:48:55.040 --> 00:48:57.336
[in English]
Versus the government of Norway.

00:48:57.360 --> 00:49:01.336
[Mohamed in English]
Yeah, I\'m trying to fight
for my rights.

00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:05.056
Not fight.
I mean, we hate fight, you know.

00:49:05.080 --> 00:49:06.176
Why do we hate fight?

00:49:06.200 --> 00:49:09.616
We just talk.
Dialog is always good.

00:49:09.640 --> 00:49:15.976
Why are you coming closer?
I can\'t get the focus right.

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:19.216
-I\'m a good filmmaker.
-Hermann versus focus.

00:49:19.240 --> 00:49:20.640
Yeah.

00:49:29.640 --> 00:49:33.360
It\'s snowing today. A lot.

00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:40.736
And I have to leave
by the 21st of December.

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:45.920
I have no choice,
and I don\'t know where to go.

00:49:49.520 --> 00:49:51.840 line:20%
[in Arabic]

00:50:37.520 --> 00:50:40.040
[oud music]

00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:46.400
[Mohamed singing
along in Arabic]

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:35.496
[in English]
I\'m going to fight it.
I would not let it leave.

00:51:35.520 --> 00:51:38.416
Hello, Christine. What do
you think of the decision?

00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:42.736
-Going to court. Are you happy?
-I am happy.

00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:46.336
-Gro, what do you think?
-Good. Good decision.

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:48.256
-Yeah?
-There will be no other options.

00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:52.176
No, I think it\'s cool.
I think it\'s brave.

00:51:52.200 --> 00:51:53.560 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:52:15.520 --> 00:52:18.480 line:20%
[indistinct overlapping voices]

00:52:32.600 --> 00:52:35.320
[indistinct chatter]

00:52:40.560 --> 00:52:46.656
[in English]
Together we just want to be
in a creative atmosphere.

00:52:46.680 --> 00:52:48.576
To be connected to each other.

00:52:48.600 --> 00:52:52.336
Our hope is that people
will present some ideas tonight.

00:52:52.360 --> 00:52:59.176
We will use Mohamed as a
stepping stone for our campaign.

00:52:59.200 --> 00:53:03.536
I mean,
he is not bothering anyone.

00:53:03.560 --> 00:53:05.416
And he is not asking for asylum.

00:53:05.440 --> 00:53:08.616
What is Norwegian?
What is being Norwegian to you?

00:53:08.640 --> 00:53:13.016
You know, actually,
the sense of identity
is not national dress

00:53:13.040 --> 00:53:15.736
and traditional food
or whatever.

00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:19.920
It\'s how you treat people,
you know?

00:53:31.680 --> 00:53:33.720 line:20%
[automated voice in Norwegian]

00:53:37.160 --> 00:53:40.176
[in English]
Hello, Runa. It\'s Mohamed.

00:53:40.200 --> 00:53:41.816
I got the call from the police.

00:53:41.840 --> 00:53:47.176
And they asked me to show papers
that I\'m leaving on Wednesday.

00:53:47.200 --> 00:53:51.216
So, I don\'t know
how to explain the situation.

00:53:51.240 --> 00:53:53.336
I tried to tell them,

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:56.496
and they said they will call me
again tomorrow.

00:53:56.520 --> 00:54:00.080
So, call me. Okay?

00:54:06.040 --> 00:54:14.520
I don\'t like the idea
that you are leaving because...

00:54:17.480 --> 00:54:19.256
you...

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:23.440
because this state
doesn\'t like you.

00:54:27.080 --> 00:54:28.400
Helge?

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:36.496
[Hermann] Okay.

00:54:36.520 --> 00:54:38.000 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:54:59.560 --> 00:55:02.616
[in English] I don\'t know,
actually, where to go.

00:55:02.640 --> 00:55:06.776
It\'s really hard and
distressing me at the moment.

00:55:06.800 --> 00:55:10.616
I really...
I\'m trying to be strong,

00:55:10.640 --> 00:55:11.736
but sometimes I can\'t.

00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:15.336
I\'m thinking all the time,
and I\'m dreaming of this.

00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:18.816
I\'ve never been
in a situation like this before.

00:55:18.840 --> 00:55:21.456
I don\'t wish to be
in this situation.

00:55:21.480 --> 00:55:23.096
-Yeah.
-Yeah.

00:55:23.120 --> 00:55:24.480 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:30.320 line:20%
[deputy mayor in Norwegian]

00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:52.576 line:20%
[in English] \"If you make
it here, you make it anywhere.\"

00:55:52.600 --> 00:55:54.416
You made it here.

00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:55.840
[in Norwegian]

00:56:04.080 --> 00:56:05.640 line:20%
[Marte in Norwegian]

00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:14.040 line:20%
[Marte]

00:56:38.640 --> 00:56:40.096
[Marte in English] How are you?

00:56:40.120 --> 00:56:43.376
[in English]
I\'m trying to be good.

00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:44.976
It\'s really... It\'s tiring,

00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:51.216
and as I said,
I really don\'t wish to be
in this situation.

00:56:51.240 --> 00:56:52.880
Thank you.

00:56:54.040 --> 00:56:57.520
For listening to me.
And to being here.

00:57:01.120 --> 00:57:04.376
How will you spend your days?
Tuesday until Wednesday

00:57:04.400 --> 00:57:07.496
when you possibly
will have to leave?

00:57:07.520 --> 00:57:11.736
I have to be prepared
for anything.

00:57:11.760 --> 00:57:15.216
So, I will just take it slow.

00:57:15.240 --> 00:57:16.616
Try to not stress...

00:57:16.640 --> 00:57:20.856
If you\'re being shipped out
on Wednesday
or on a later occasion,

00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:23.256
will you fear
returning to Norway?

00:57:23.280 --> 00:57:29.816
Of course, if I got
to be invited here
for a festival or...

00:57:29.840 --> 00:57:37.360
I mean, I love the people here.
And I love the country
and the nature and everything.

00:57:38.280 --> 00:57:39.840
[reporter in Norwegian]

00:57:42.720 --> 00:57:45.976 line:20%
[Mohamed in English]I got a lot
of support from many people.

00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:48.456 line:20%
From local people,
from the film industry.

00:57:48.480 --> 00:57:53.736
Everybody trying to help and
to stand with me in this case.

00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:55.360 line:20%
[reporter in Norwegian]

00:58:12.640 --> 00:58:14.256 line:20%
[man in Norwegian]

00:58:14.280 --> 00:58:16.096
[Mohamed in English]
What? Sorry?

00:58:16.120 --> 00:58:17.480 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:58:20.800 --> 00:58:22.896
[in English]
I can\'t understand you, sorry.

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:24.280 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:58:26.720 --> 00:58:29.120 line:20%
[in English] What is he saying?

00:58:30.040 --> 00:58:31.520 line:20%
[woman in Norwegian]

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:36.016
[in English] What is he saying?

00:58:36.040 --> 00:58:40.656
-[man in English]
Not to put the snow here.
-Okay, I didn\'t know.

00:58:40.680 --> 00:58:43.176
-[woman in English]
Where else should...
-I don\'t know.

00:58:43.200 --> 00:58:48.096
[woman] You have to because
there will be a truck coming...

00:58:48.120 --> 00:58:54.280
-Yeah, that\'s what I thought.
-Yeah, taking everything away.

00:59:03.880 --> 00:59:06.616
[Christian] Your body language
is mixed up, my friend.

00:59:06.640 --> 00:59:11.440
Yeah, it\'s too much
things happening. I don\'t know.

00:59:15.640 --> 00:59:19.816
So, it\'s difficult.
It\'s very difficult.

00:59:19.840 --> 00:59:22.816
You ever thought about that
when you left Gaza?

00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:25.776
I didn\'t. I never thought
about any of these things.

00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:31.096
I thought I\'m just gonna go
for one month
and then go back again.

00:59:31.120 --> 00:59:37.656
Really, to live in...
To be stressing,
living in the phone call

00:59:37.680 --> 00:59:42.696
that can decide what
is happening in your life...

00:59:42.720 --> 00:59:44.296
It\'s crazy.

00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:46.320
It\'s really crazy.

00:59:47.040 --> 00:59:49.240
I don\'t know.

00:59:49.520 --> 00:59:51.656
What is this?

00:59:51.680 --> 00:59:52.616 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

00:59:52.640 --> 00:59:58.976
[in English] But now
how will this register
for the police?

00:59:59.000 --> 01:00:04.616
-[Hermann] Hmm?
-[Mohamed] How will the police
understand this?

01:00:04.640 --> 01:00:07.856
I think Runa
has to talk to them.

01:00:07.880 --> 01:00:11.296
If not today,
then tomorrow morning.

01:00:11.320 --> 01:00:14.656
Maybe because of the press,

01:00:14.680 --> 01:00:18.816
everything is now
in a stress situation.

01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:20.336
-Mmm.
-And...

01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:26.656
UNE is now pushing the
Tromsoø police to get you out.

01:00:26.680 --> 01:00:29.280
Yeah, of course.

01:00:29.320 --> 01:00:31.616
-Yeah.
-From when is this email?

01:00:31.640 --> 01:00:34.816
-Just now.
-Yeah, then tell her

01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:38.176
the police contacted you.

01:00:38.200 --> 01:00:39.600
Yeah.

01:00:40.040 --> 01:00:41.816
\"Me.\"

01:00:41.840 --> 01:00:44.120
-How?
-\"Contacted me.\"

01:00:44.200 --> 01:00:46.080
Contacted me.

01:00:46.360 --> 01:00:51.480
\"I.\" Not, \"That I have
to leave.\" \"That I leave.\"

01:00:51.760 --> 01:00:54.216
-What?
-\"That I leave.\"

01:00:54.240 --> 01:00:58.000
\"That I\'m leaving.\"
\"I am leaving.\"

01:00:58.880 --> 01:01:00.720
\"Leaving...\"

01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:03.656
\"For the answer...\"

01:01:03.680 --> 01:01:08.640
\"For the answer from...\"

01:01:09.080 --> 01:01:11.216
\"Of UNE.\" \"Of.\"

01:01:11.240 --> 01:01:14.240
\"From the letter of today.\"

01:01:14.720 --> 01:01:15.856
[in Norwegian] Period.

01:01:15.880 --> 01:01:20.816
[in English]
\"Can you contact the police?\"

01:01:20.840 --> 01:01:23.440
Do you have some number?

01:01:27.200 --> 01:01:29.360
Her name is Elin.

01:01:32.400 --> 01:01:35.440
Elin. Elin.

01:01:35.480 --> 01:01:37.896
\"E.\" E-L-I.

01:01:37.920 --> 01:01:41.176
\"E.\" \"E.\" No.

01:01:41.200 --> 01:01:43.600
E-L-I-N.

01:01:44.760 --> 01:01:46.336
She said N-N.

01:01:46.360 --> 01:01:49.976
-Elinn.
-Yeah, then with \"N-N.\" Okay.

01:01:50.000 --> 01:01:51.480
Whatever.

01:01:51.800 --> 01:01:54.040
[in Norwegian] Period. Out.

01:01:55.720 --> 01:02:01.200
[in English] Yeah, no need
to write that one, Mohamed.

01:02:04.600 --> 01:02:08.280
-I put you on copy.
-Yeah, fine.

01:02:26.360 --> 01:02:30.120
[sighs]
Can we listen to some music?

01:02:33.200 --> 01:02:36.520
I\'m not in the mood
for music now.

01:02:38.680 --> 01:02:41.440
Just a little bit.

01:02:43.040 --> 01:02:50.280
What you can do eventually
is to buy a ticket to London.

01:02:50.480 --> 01:02:53.456
Maybe for this weekend.

01:02:53.480 --> 01:02:57.480
And show that to the police.

01:02:59.480 --> 01:03:06.640
I mean, you have to tell them
anyway that...

01:03:07.200 --> 01:03:10.280
Tomorrow
maybe I go and meet her.

01:03:10.360 --> 01:03:13.920
-Hmm?
-Meet this person

01:03:14.520 --> 01:03:16.656
who called me today. The police.

01:03:16.680 --> 01:03:19.296
You will go
to the police tomorrow?

01:03:19.320 --> 01:03:21.520
Shall I come with you?

01:03:22.560 --> 01:03:25.200
[saxophone music]

01:03:45.240 --> 01:03:46.496
[cell phone ringing]

01:03:46.520 --> 01:03:48.976
-[Mohamed] Hello?
-[Elinn]Hello, is that Mohamed?

01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:53.016
-Yeah, yeah.
-It\'s Elinn
from the police again.

01:03:53.040 --> 01:03:55.536
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Yes.

01:03:55.560 --> 01:04:00.296
The phone number
for your lawyer...
Have you talked to her?

01:04:00.320 --> 01:04:04.816
I spoke to her today,
and she already sent something

01:04:04.840 --> 01:04:06.216
to the local police here.

01:04:06.240 --> 01:04:09.736
And she said she\'s going
to call you, I guess...

01:04:09.760 --> 01:04:11.376
Forty minutes ago, she said,

01:04:11.400 --> 01:04:15.456
\"I will call them back
around 12:00.\"

01:04:15.480 --> 01:04:16.336
Okay, yes.

01:04:16.360 --> 01:04:17.656
-That\'s nice.
-Yeah.

01:04:17.680 --> 01:04:19.256
-Thank you.
-Thank you so much, Elinn.

01:04:19.280 --> 01:04:22.016
-[Elinn speaking indistinctly]
-Yeah. Yeah.

01:04:22.040 --> 01:04:26.520
-Thank you so much. Bye-bye.
-Yes. Okay, bye.

01:04:28.200 --> 01:04:29.840
Fuck!

01:04:30.400 --> 01:04:32.800
[humming]

01:04:37.520 --> 01:04:41.600
[Mohamed]
What is happening downstairs?

01:04:45.160 --> 01:04:48.320
-[Hermann] Who?
-[Mohamed] The police.

01:04:49.360 --> 01:04:50.976
When do I have to leave?

01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:54.496
By the 30th of December.

01:04:54.520 --> 01:04:57.536
-Then I have Christmas.
-Then you have Christmas.

01:04:57.560 --> 01:04:59.536
Fuck, yes!

01:04:59.560 --> 01:05:01.560
Oh, my God.

01:05:02.680 --> 01:05:04.560
Oh, my God.

01:05:06.840 --> 01:05:08.280
Wow.

01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:09.816
Oh, my God.

01:05:09.840 --> 01:05:11.120 line:20%
[in Arabic]

01:05:13.400 --> 01:05:16.056
[in English] They gave me
a ten-day extension

01:05:16.080 --> 01:05:21.880
to stay here
to fix my situation.

01:05:22.440 --> 01:05:24.656
I\'m gonna write on Facebook.

01:05:24.680 --> 01:05:26.176
[Gro] That you got an extension?

01:05:26.200 --> 01:05:28.880
Yeah, for ten days.

01:05:29.200 --> 01:05:31.000
From the police.

01:05:31.080 --> 01:05:33.096
Wait a little bit with that.

01:05:33.120 --> 01:05:36.816
This is breaking news.
It should be on Tromsoø Radio.

01:05:36.840 --> 01:05:40.976
\"Breaking news! Mohamed
got a ten-day extension.\"

01:05:41.000 --> 01:05:43.416
-Stop it.
-Okay, no.

01:05:43.440 --> 01:05:46.040
You\'re like my dad.

01:05:47.360 --> 01:05:51.256
Anyway, now, first,
we are happy.

01:05:51.280 --> 01:05:53.016
-Yeah.
-We are glad.

01:05:53.040 --> 01:05:56.416
We express
our happiness together.

01:05:56.440 --> 01:06:00.416
-We make a party.
-But... But...

01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:02.376
Let us first think about...

01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:08.616
After we have been happy,
we start thinking about
what that means.

01:06:08.640 --> 01:06:09.576
-Yeah.
-Okay?

01:06:09.600 --> 01:06:12.976
The thing is,
nothing has changed.

01:06:13.000 --> 01:06:14.296
Of course, no.

01:06:14.320 --> 01:06:16.216
I have to leave,
but in ten days.

01:06:16.240 --> 01:06:23.776
Nothing has changed.
What we actually want
hasn\'t happened yet.

01:06:23.800 --> 01:06:25.456
No.

01:06:25.480 --> 01:06:27.496
[guitar music]

01:06:27.520 --> 01:06:29.080
[Eilif]Gaza.

01:06:29.320 --> 01:06:30.856
Yalaby.

01:06:30.880 --> 01:06:32.240
Gaza.

01:06:32.760 --> 01:06:34.040
Gaza.

01:06:34.400 --> 01:06:36.656
[Mohamed laughing]

01:06:36.680 --> 01:06:40.016
[Espen] Bob Marley is turning
in his grave right now!

01:06:40.040 --> 01:06:41.056
Yalaby.

01:06:41.080 --> 01:06:44.216
-[Mohamed] Jabaly, not Yalaby.
-Jabaly.

01:06:44.240 --> 01:06:49.576
[Mohamed]
♪ Ten more days, start today ♪

01:06:49.600 --> 01:06:51.896
[Espen]♪ It\'s a race ♪

01:06:51.920 --> 01:06:56.496
[Mohamed] ♪Between... ♪

01:06:56.520 --> 01:07:02.720
-[Eilif] ♪Ten more days ♪
-[Mohamed]♪ In Tromsoø ♪

01:07:03.480 --> 01:07:05.336
[Mohamed] Ten more days.

01:07:05.360 --> 01:07:07.496
We\'re building a case.

01:07:07.520 --> 01:07:09.456
In ten more days.

01:07:09.480 --> 01:07:11.536
♪ We have... ♪

01:07:11.560 --> 01:07:13.416
-Ten more days!
-Ten more days!

01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:20.096
[Mohamed]
♪Ten more days in Tromsoø ♪

01:07:20.120 --> 01:07:21.376
[all laughing]

01:07:21.400 --> 01:07:25.200
[Christian]
That\'s why you\'re here!

01:07:33.880 --> 01:07:36.520
[music box melody]

01:07:59.680 --> 01:08:02.200
[cheering]

01:08:05.160 --> 01:08:06.840
Ha-ha!

01:08:09.200 --> 01:08:13.096
Hey. Oh, nice.

01:08:13.120 --> 01:08:14.480 line:20%
[in Norwegian]

01:08:18.680 --> 01:08:22.920
-[in English] Wait, wait, wait.
-[in English]Wait a second.

01:08:23.200 --> 01:08:24.536 line:20%
[Mohamed] What is this?

01:08:24.560 --> 01:08:26.280 line:20%
[Hermann in Norwegian]

01:08:48.000 --> 01:08:49.320 line:20%
[in Arabic]

01:08:50.080 --> 01:08:52.576
[Yousif in English]
So, he\'s got more time.

01:08:52.600 --> 01:08:53.800 line:20%
[Mohamed]

01:08:53.880 --> 01:08:56.560
[fireworks bursting]

01:09:03.560 --> 01:09:05.120 line:20%
[Mohamed in Arabic]

01:09:20.520 --> 01:09:24.576
[Mohamed in English]
So, we still have time
before the New Year.

01:09:24.600 --> 01:09:26.056
Yeah. What do you wish?

01:09:26.080 --> 01:09:29.016
-I wish we have no more war!
-Yeah!

01:09:29.040 --> 01:09:31.456
-I wish we have peace in Gaza.
-Yeah.

01:09:31.480 --> 01:09:35.376
And I wish we have
a wonderful year.

01:09:35.400 --> 01:09:37.656
[people whooping]

01:09:37.680 --> 01:09:39.480
Oh, my God.

01:09:40.360 --> 01:09:41.680 line:20%
[in Arabic]

01:09:47.240 --> 01:09:48.216
-Peace.
-No war.

01:09:48.240 --> 01:09:50.320
-Please stop war.
-And love.

01:09:51.040 --> 01:09:51.856
Peace and love.

01:09:51.880 --> 01:09:54.920
[fireworks bursting]

01:10:05.480 --> 01:10:07.440 line:20%
[Mohamed singing in Arabic]

01:10:30.200 --> 01:10:34.096
[traditional
music playing on video]

01:10:34.120 --> 01:10:36.760
[singing in Arabic]

01:11:48.880 --> 01:11:50.480
[clears throat]

01:12:15.640 --> 01:12:19.816
[Mohamed in English]
At the last minute,
I was able to get a U.K. visa,

01:12:19.840 --> 01:12:25.600
since I received
several invitations
to film festivals there.

01:12:27.760 --> 01:12:33.536
It was my only option since the
Rafah border was still closed.

01:12:33.560 --> 01:12:36.560
[indistinct chatter]

01:12:37.320 --> 01:12:40.056
[Mohamed in English]
I\'m really happy to see you all.

01:12:40.080 --> 01:12:42.456
And this means a lot for me.

01:12:42.480 --> 01:12:48.256
And this is not,
just so you know,
this is not a goodbye party.

01:12:48.280 --> 01:12:50.336
I\'m going to continue,
even though I have to leave.

01:12:50.360 --> 01:12:53.976
Just to update you,
I\'m going to London next Friday.

01:12:54.000 --> 01:12:55.256
I\'m not escaping from here.

01:12:55.280 --> 01:12:58.896
I\'m going to do other things
and find more opportunities.

01:12:58.920 --> 01:13:02.016
Just please
enjoy the evening, and...

01:13:02.040 --> 01:13:08.136
Thank you so much
for being here,
being with me, me, and...

01:13:08.160 --> 01:13:09.576
Yeah, let\'s eat.

01:13:09.600 --> 01:13:12.800
Thanks a lot.
And enjoy the evening.

01:13:18.120 --> 01:13:23.176
[Christine] I want to say a word
of thanks to you, Mohamed.

01:13:23.200 --> 01:13:24.336
[Mohamed] Thank you.

01:13:24.360 --> 01:13:28.776
Because I think that
you\'ve taught me a lot. And...

01:13:28.800 --> 01:13:31.976
It\'s a real privilege.

01:13:32.000 --> 01:13:36.000
[Christine singing
\"The Last Spike\"]

01:14:20.040 --> 01:14:22.696
-Make sure you come back, okay?
-I will.

01:14:22.720 --> 01:14:24.496
Okay. I will see you again soon.

01:14:24.520 --> 01:14:28.456
See you again soon.
And I will come back.

01:14:28.480 --> 01:14:30.160
-See you.
-[song ends]

01:14:47.040 --> 01:14:49.680
[indistinct chatter]

01:14:53.680 --> 01:14:55.560
[passport stamp]

01:15:23.200 --> 01:15:27.200
[Mohamed]I woke up
to a new day in London.

01:15:53.000 --> 01:15:57.136
I lived at my friends\' house,
Aimee and David,

01:15:57.160 --> 01:15:59.880
and their cat, Hilarious.

01:16:06.120 --> 01:16:09.816
Through her work with
Medical Aid for Palestinians,

01:16:09.840 --> 01:16:14.576
Aimee managed to go to Gaza
through the Israeli border.

01:16:14.600 --> 01:16:19.480
As a Palestinian, I am not
allowed to travel from there.

01:16:19.560 --> 01:16:22.880
[cell phone buzzing]

01:16:24.360 --> 01:16:25.800
Hello.

01:16:26.240 --> 01:16:27.520 line:20%
[Ibrahim]

01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:30.080 line:20%
Hello.

01:16:35.320 --> 01:16:38.240
[in English] Hello! Hey, Aimee.

01:16:41.640 --> 01:16:43.456
Oh, my God.

01:16:43.480 --> 01:16:45.816
It\'s really incredible.

01:16:45.840 --> 01:16:48.200
You are in my house.

01:16:50.280 --> 01:16:51.520 line:20%
[Mom]

01:16:51.800 --> 01:16:54.840 line:20%
[in English] Oh, my God.
No, Mom!

01:16:55.360 --> 01:16:57.360
[Mom laughing]

01:16:58.520 --> 01:17:00.360
Yeah.

01:17:01.320 --> 01:17:02.560 line:20%
[Mom]

01:17:03.520 --> 01:17:06.496 line:20%
-[Mohamed speaking Arabic]
-[Mom laughing]

01:17:06.520 --> 01:17:13.336
[in English] No. Oh, my God.
That\'s not me. Mom. [laughing]

01:17:13.360 --> 01:17:16.040
No. That\'s...

01:17:16.440 --> 01:17:18.176
How are you, Aimee?

01:17:18.200 --> 01:17:22.656
[in Arabic] Everything is good?
[in English] How is Gaza?

01:17:22.680 --> 01:17:24.176
[Aimee in English]Gaza is Gaza.

01:17:24.200 --> 01:17:27.496
-[Mohamed] Yeah, the same. Yeah.
-[Aimee]I\'m happy to be here.

01:17:27.520 --> 01:17:32.136
And it\'s lovely
to meet your family.
But how are you?

01:17:32.160 --> 01:17:35.656
How is the house and Hilarious?
Is she being nice?

01:17:35.680 --> 01:17:39.176
Yeah, she is really great.
Look, she\'s there,

01:17:39.200 --> 01:17:41.136
like sleeping, you know.

01:17:41.160 --> 01:17:43.256
[laughs]

01:17:43.280 --> 01:17:44.920
[Aimee]Oh.

01:17:45.120 --> 01:17:50.680
[Mohamed in English]
I gave Aimee a hug
to give to you, Mom.

01:17:52.840 --> 01:17:56.600
[indistinct chatter]

01:18:07.440 --> 01:18:15.320 line:20%
The winner for the BBC Arabic
Young Journalist Award for 2017

01:18:17.200 --> 01:18:20.496 line:20%
is Mohamed Jabaly forAmbulance.

01:18:20.520 --> 01:18:21.616
[audience cheering]

01:18:21.640 --> 01:18:24.016
[Mohamed]London gave me love and awards.

01:18:24.040 --> 01:18:26.696
And recognized me
as a filmmaker,

01:18:26.720 --> 01:18:29.736
unlike the government
of Norway.

01:18:29.760 --> 01:18:32.096
[in Arabic]
Thanks a lot for BBC.

01:18:32.120 --> 01:18:33.496 line:20%
[in English]
Thanks a lot for BBC.

01:18:33.520 --> 01:18:36.216 line:20%
And there is a lot to do
for my next film.

01:18:36.240 --> 01:18:41.176 line:20%
I have in my...
So, I have... Yeah.

01:18:41.200 --> 01:18:44.400
Thanks a lot. [speaking Arabic]

01:18:44.920 --> 01:18:46.576
[in English] I\'m very pleased
to be presenting

01:18:46.600 --> 01:18:52.696
the award to a film that
had incredible integrity
and personal commitment.

01:18:52.720 --> 01:18:55.696
And just moved us
all tremendously.

01:18:55.720 --> 01:18:57.016
Ambulance.

01:18:57.040 --> 01:19:01.200
[audience cheering]

01:19:06.680 --> 01:19:07.776
I don\'t know what to say.

01:19:07.800 --> 01:19:12.736
Thank you so much.
It\'s really an honor for me
to receive this award.

01:19:12.760 --> 01:19:15.096
It means a lot for me,
for my people.

01:19:15.120 --> 01:19:19.456
I\'m really proud and really
pleased to be here standing,

01:19:19.480 --> 01:19:26.256
representing my people,
the people of Gaza
as a Palestinian filmmaker.

01:19:26.280 --> 01:19:30.656
And yeah, just thank you
so much. Thank you.

01:19:30.680 --> 01:19:33.280
[audience applauding]

01:19:50.440 --> 01:19:52.880
[tense music]

01:21:10.520 --> 01:21:13.080
[somber music]

01:21:13.160 --> 01:21:14.480 line:20%
[in Arabic]

01:22:16.000 --> 01:22:21.920
[Mohamed in English]
I always loved to hear you
tell the story of my birth.

01:22:23.520 --> 01:22:27.336
\"It was curfew.
Nobody could go out.

01:22:27.360 --> 01:22:32.200
You risked being detained
if you broke it.

01:22:33.360 --> 01:22:37.176
Your father went to call
your grandmother to help me.

01:22:37.200 --> 01:22:40.440
But the Israeli army
stopped him.

01:22:40.520 --> 01:22:42.176
Once I heard the screaming,

01:22:42.200 --> 01:22:45.896
I ran down to tell them
that I\'m giving birth,

01:22:45.920 --> 01:22:47.136
and I need help.

01:22:47.160 --> 01:22:50.176
They allowed him
to call your grandmother

01:22:50.200 --> 01:22:54.400
and to walk to the only clinic
in Shujaiya.

01:22:56.320 --> 01:23:00.016
You were still
breathing my breath.

01:23:00.040 --> 01:23:02.336
We walked on foot
to the clinic,

01:23:02.360 --> 01:23:05.096
and we came back with you
on foot.

01:23:05.120 --> 01:23:08.480
You were the only one
who was carried.

01:23:08.640 --> 01:23:13.880
You, Mohamed, came to life
to break the curfew.\"

01:23:19.200 --> 01:23:21.720
[rain pattering]

01:23:23.680 --> 01:23:30.880
I remember when I called you
and told you that all doors
closed in front of me.

01:23:31.360 --> 01:23:37.040
You motivated me to keep
believing in what I\'m doing.

01:23:47.880 --> 01:23:49.496
Hello!

01:23:49.520 --> 01:23:50.920
Hello!

01:23:51.840 --> 01:23:53.120 line:20%
[Mom]

01:23:57.040 --> 01:23:59.896
[Mohamed in English]
While I was waiting
for my court case,

01:23:59.920 --> 01:24:04.080
I was accepted
to a Norwegian film school.

01:24:05.120 --> 01:24:08.280
I got a student visa.

01:24:08.680 --> 01:24:11.696
This meant I could return
to Norway.

01:24:11.720 --> 01:24:14.120
[optimistic music]

01:24:22.200 --> 01:24:25.760
[bells tolling]

01:24:28.920 --> 01:24:33.600
I made it back just in time
for my court date.

01:24:36.400 --> 01:24:40.176
I thought I would just give you
the practical things first

01:24:40.200 --> 01:24:41.896
because you\'ve never been
there before

01:24:41.920 --> 01:24:44.456
so you know what to expect.

01:24:44.480 --> 01:24:47.536
-You direct me.
-Yeah, yeah.

01:24:47.560 --> 01:24:52.096
We come in, and the room is...

01:24:52.120 --> 01:24:54.576
If the room is like this
and the judge is here,

01:24:54.600 --> 01:24:58.016
I will be sitting
closest to the judge.

01:24:58.040 --> 01:25:01.016
And the same will UNE\'s lawyer
on the other side.

01:25:01.040 --> 01:25:05.216
In the middle, there\'s this box,
or this... Not box,

01:25:05.240 --> 01:25:07.816
but this preacher\'s bench.

01:25:07.840 --> 01:25:10.896
-Yeah, where...
-Where you stand
to give your testimony.

01:25:10.920 --> 01:25:15.760
When it\'s your turn,
then you move up here.

01:25:23.240 --> 01:25:26.216
Will you please state
your full name?

01:25:26.240 --> 01:25:30.280
Mohamed Hassan
Mohamed Al-Jabaly.

01:25:30.680 --> 01:25:36.496
-And your date of birth?
-21st of August, 1990.

01:25:36.520 --> 01:25:38.320
Yesterday, actually.

01:25:42.440 --> 01:25:45.296
Is there anything
that you would say

01:25:45.320 --> 01:25:49.920
that you haven\'t been
questioned about?

01:25:52.640 --> 01:25:55.120
That you think is relevant?

01:26:02.600 --> 01:26:07.536
Nobody asked me how I feel
about being working in Norway

01:26:07.560 --> 01:26:10.616
and stuff like that.

01:26:10.640 --> 01:26:13.496
[judge] Hmm.
And how do you feel?

01:26:13.520 --> 01:26:16.176
I felt it like, here,
I\'m a part of something.

01:26:16.200 --> 01:26:19.896
And then suddenly
this something has disappeared

01:26:19.920 --> 01:26:24.896
because of a piece of paper
which doesn\'t reflect

01:26:24.920 --> 01:26:29.856
what my life can be.
Like, people study...

01:26:29.880 --> 01:26:33.016
If I am a doctor,
then I need maybe...

01:26:33.040 --> 01:26:35.816
If I am a doctor
and working in a hospital,

01:26:35.840 --> 01:26:39.176
then, I feel
I really need a degree.

01:26:39.200 --> 01:26:42.056
And then I need to have, like,
I can\'t...

01:26:42.080 --> 01:26:43.176
It\'s peoples\' lives...

01:26:43.200 --> 01:26:46.456
And also films
is peoples\' lives too.

01:26:46.480 --> 01:26:47.856
But you\'re telling it.

01:26:47.880 --> 01:26:52.416
You don\'t physically work
with it. Cut it. Or...

01:26:52.440 --> 01:26:55.016
You work with it.
You cut it, but within a screen.

01:26:55.040 --> 01:26:57.016
-[judge laughs]
-You\'re trying to say

01:26:57.040 --> 01:27:01.656
that you can work as a filmmaker
without a formal education.

01:27:01.680 --> 01:27:03.496
But you can\'t work as a doctor.

01:27:03.520 --> 01:27:07.320
I can\'t work as a doctor.
I can be a filmmaker.

01:27:10.160 --> 01:27:12.720
[pensive music]

01:27:20.080 --> 01:27:22.760
[seagulls squawking]

01:27:29.320 --> 01:27:31.600
I\'m gonna call Hermann.

01:27:36.480 --> 01:27:38.176
[Hermann]Hi, habibi.

01:27:38.200 --> 01:27:39.720
I won!

01:27:39.880 --> 01:27:42.136
-[Hermann]No!
-Yes!

01:27:42.160 --> 01:27:46.840
I just received the call
from Humlen.

01:27:46.880 --> 01:27:49.336
-[sighs]
-[Hermann]Oh, wow!

01:27:49.360 --> 01:27:52.976
-That\'s great, yes. Whoo!
-[Hermann laughs]

01:27:53.000 --> 01:27:56.336
-We won. Yes.
-[Hermann]
Oh, Mohamed. I love it.

01:27:56.360 --> 01:27:59.616
-Yeah, that\'s really good news.
-[Hermann]Congratulations!

01:27:59.640 --> 01:28:01.440
Thank you so much.

01:28:05.560 --> 01:28:08.280
[indistinct chatter]

01:28:13.920 --> 01:28:16.440
[cheering]

01:28:20.440 --> 01:28:23.416
[all laughing]

01:28:23.440 --> 01:28:25.240
What is this?

01:28:25.920 --> 01:28:29.240
Oh, my God,
I can\'t believe this.

01:28:39.840 --> 01:28:41.360
Thank you.

01:28:58.520 --> 01:29:00.360
All together.

01:29:01.440 --> 01:29:02.896
Wait, wait, wait.

01:29:02.920 --> 01:29:05.056
Say something! Hey!

01:29:05.080 --> 01:29:07.056
[all] Hey!

01:29:07.080 --> 01:29:09.600
Tromsoø!

01:29:14.440 --> 01:29:21.800 line:20%
MOHAMED JUBILANT
TO FINALLY BE BACK

01:29:27.200 --> 01:29:28.776
[Mohamed]
Even though I won the right

01:29:28.800 --> 01:29:31.576
to keep working
as a filmmaker in Norway,

01:29:31.600 --> 01:29:35.360
I decided to continue
my education.

01:29:39.480 --> 01:29:42.616
I felt Norway
has become a second home.

01:29:42.640 --> 01:29:48.160
I wish you could have come to
visit me and see my life here.

01:29:55.520 --> 01:30:00.496
With the Norwegian permit,
I could travel freely.

01:30:00.520 --> 01:30:02.176
I decided to go back to Gaza

01:30:02.200 --> 01:30:06.536
and arrive at the same
time as my brother, Ali.

01:30:06.560 --> 01:30:11.440
The border situation with Egypt
was slightly better.

01:30:18.080 --> 01:30:21.400
I wanted to surprise
you and Dad.

01:30:23.600 --> 01:30:26.176
On the other side
of the border,

01:30:26.200 --> 01:30:28.336
my brother, Ibrahim,
waited for us

01:30:28.360 --> 01:30:30.536
together with my friend Jalal.

01:30:30.560 --> 01:30:33.376
My friend Abood
filmed everything.

01:30:33.400 --> 01:30:35.320 line:20%
[Mohamed over phone in Arabic]

01:31:32.480 --> 01:31:35.800
[call to prayer]

01:31:40.840 --> 01:31:42.560 line:20%
[Mohamed over phone]

01:31:47.560 --> 01:31:48.800 line:20%
[man]

01:31:49.760 --> 01:31:51.920 line:20%
[cheering]

01:31:54.480 --> 01:31:55.760 line:20%
[Jalal]

01:32:33.520 --> 01:32:37.440
[lively music
playing on car radio]

01:32:39.400 --> 01:32:43.360
[Mohamed in English]
I didn\'t want you
to worry about us.

01:32:47.360 --> 01:32:50.816
We made up a story that
I need pictures of the family

01:32:50.840 --> 01:32:55.080
for a new film I\'m working on
in Norway.

01:32:57.280 --> 01:33:02.640
It\'s been seven years since
the last time I hugged you.

01:33:08.680 --> 01:33:13.480
[Mohamed]
Salaam Aleikum.[laughing]

01:33:20.280 --> 01:33:23.216
[speaking indistinctly]

01:33:23.240 --> 01:33:25.840
[emotional music]

01:34:30.360 --> 01:34:32.336
[music fades]

01:34:32.360 --> 01:34:35.120
[Mohamed in English]
Forgive me, Mom.

01:34:36.320 --> 01:34:38.016
I wanted to be with you,

01:34:38.040 --> 01:34:41.856
to share every moment
and every breath with you.

01:34:41.880 --> 01:34:48.640
I wanted you to see
the seven years of my life
that I lived without you.

01:34:49.360 --> 01:34:52.976
Mama, I lived for you,

01:34:53.000 --> 01:34:55.440
and I will live for you.

01:35:02.360 --> 01:35:04.920
[pensive music]