2007, 55 minutes
Director: Terje Carlsson
Production: Ekedalen Produktion (Sweden)
Trailer
Filmed over more than three years in the West Bank town of Hebron, the central character of Terje Carlsson’s documentary is 17 year-old Leila Sarsour. Leila studied at Al-Qurtuba, a Palestinian girls’ school surrounded by Israeli military installations and settlements. Leila does not fit the Western stereotype of a young Muslim woman: submissive and subjugated by men. Leila is strong, intelligent, frank – and she has a clear idea of what life should be, free from oppression and violence.
A former major in the Israeli army also talks about his experiences during the occupation.
The film shows how the occupation affects daily life in Palestine, with Leila and her friends being regularly harassed, even attacked by both Israeli soldiers and Israeli settlers.
Terje Carlsson
Terje Carlsson is a journalist who has lived for a long time in Jerusalem, working principally for Swedish national radio and television.
“Welcome to Hebron” is his first long documentary.
