Wafa Idriss. First female Palestinian suicide bomber
Description
Wafa Idriss was both a nurse with the Red Crescent and an anti-Israeli occupation activist. What motivated the 28-year-old to make her mark on history not as a healer, but as a martyr and a murderer? This program uses her story as a window into the simmering standoff that exists in the embattled West Bank. Through interviews, Wafa's mother and others who knew her express their surprise and dismay at her actions, while a Jewish victim's widow and al Fatah's Marwan Barghouti add their own particular perspectives. Footage of attacks and reprisals-and of Dareen abu Aisheh, inspired to become the second female Palestinian suicide bomber-underscores the desperation felt by many Palestinians.
Runtime
28 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2003
Database
Films on Demand
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