Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story
“This is a story of Palestine divided.”
2022•52m•Released
Documentary
“A land without a people, and a people without a land” is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jewish people was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history of the Middle East has largely been written through these eyes. But this film from Al Jazeera Arabic looks at Palestine from a different angle. It hears from historians and witness accounts, and features archive documents that show Palestine as a thriving province of Greater Syria and the Ottoman Empire at the dawn of the 20th century. The evidence suggests that its cities had a developing trade and commercial sector, growing infrastructure, and embryonic culture that would enable it to meet the challenges of the decades ahead. This film is the other side of the Palestinian story.
Director
Ashraf Mashharawi
Languages
Arabic, English
Studio
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
Production
Company
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
Producer
Mohammed Fares
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