Gaza Tunnels

Gazans have been living under siege for four years. After the closure of all crossing points from Egypt into Gaza, they were forced to dig tunnels under the border town of Rafah to provide a lifeline to their families. So far, Israeli air raids have killed over 400 Gazans working in these tunnels, even post-graduate students. Today, as digging develops and tunnels are now able to accommodate cars, working in them has become even more dangerous.

Directed by

Mohamed Harb

2013 | 25 min | Arab (st. English)

Filmmaker’s country : Palestine
Country of filming : Palestine

Co-curated with Regards Palestiniens.

*The session will be followed by a discussion with:

Nada El-Omari, a filmmaker and writer of Palestinian and Egyptian origin based in Montreal, Quebec. Her practice and research focus on the intergenerational transmission of memory, displacement, and stories of belonging and identity, which she explores through a poetic and hybrid lens.

Muhammad Nour El Khairy, a Palestinian filmmaker, videographer, film programmer, and editor originally from Jordan, currently based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal). His work is driven by an understanding of moving images as complex living systems, whose political reach goes beyond representational capacity to include their funding, production, and distribution.

Moderated by Nayrouz Abu Hatoum, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Concordia University. She is currently working on an ethnographic project examining the politics of visual arts and the role of artists in expanding Palestinian imagination. Nayrouz Abu Hatoum is a founding member of Insaniyyat, the society of Palestinian anthropologists.