Arna\u2019s Children<\/b><\/i> is a 2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel about a children\u2019s theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis, the director\u2019s mother, an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist.<\/p>\n
The film portrays the lives of Arna Mer-Khamis and the children members of the theater including Ala el-Sabagr, Zakaria Zubeidi, Daud Zubeidi, Majdi Shadi, Haifa Esteti, Nidal Swetti, Yussef Swetti, Mahmoud Kaneri, Khairia Fakhri and Ashraf Abu-Alheji.<\/p>\n
The film won \u201cBest Documentary Feature\u201d in the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.<\/p>\n
Three of the theater children died in various operations or while resisting the Israeli army, namely Ala, Nidal, and Ashraf. Yussef committed a suicide attack in Hadera in 2001, murdering four civilians. Two other children, Daud and Zakaria were imprisoned.<\/p>\n
The director of the film Juliano Mer Khamis was assassinated in Jenin on 4 April 2011<\/p>\n
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