film screening
Leaving Gaza to Stay, 2006
by Hazem Harb and Carla Pagano

Tuesday 6 January 2009

2006 | 27 mins

Realized in the Gaza Strip between June 2005 and August 2006, this documentary film relays the hopes and dreams of the people of a liberated Gaza: before, during, and after the unilateral withdrawal of Israel on September 12, 2005. Hazem Harb is a Palestinian artist who was born in Gaza and who now lives in Rome, Italy. Harb participated in the summer academy at Darat al Funun (2001). His works include, to date, painting, photography, video art, and installation. Carla Pagano is an Italian scholar of Arabo-Islamic cultures and societies. She spent five years in Palestine, of which two were in the Gaza Strip. The film is in Arabic with Italian subtitles.