Abed Abu-Shehadeh, a Palestinian political activist from Jaffa, describes the traumatic events of May 2021 in Jaffa, their impact on Palestinian citizens of Israel and how the community reacted, including by creating the documentary film Testimonies from Jaffa/Lydda – May 2021.
As told to producer/director Ghousoon Bisharat and cinematographer/editor Thomas Dallal.
Watch Testimonies from Jaffa/Lydda – May 2021 at +972 Magazine here.
Shu al-Qusa/What’s the Story is a video series by Ghousoon Bisharat and Thomas Dallal that illuminates Palestinian life and politics through intimate first-person interviews with Palestinians. View the series here.
Ghousoon Bisharat
Ghousoon Bisharat is an experienced journalist and producer, as well as a strategic communications and international cooperation expert. She has more than 20 years of experience working with leading international broadcast news outlets and the European Union.
Thomas Dallal
Thomas Dallal is an award-winning photojournalist and cinematographer currently based in Haifa. His photographs have appeared in leading international newspapers and magazines thousands of times over three decades, including The New York Times and Der Spiegel among many others and his cinematography work has been broadcast by Aljazeera Documentary.
Its reasonable to explore if a disciplined/sustained civil rights movement by Israeli citizens, with cameras and placards, directed to the American people, would be a game changer.