Part of the 2026 Palestine Film Festival

Monday April 27

Location: Wang Center Main Theater

Afternoon Session: Start Time 2pm (total running time approx. 2 hours)

1. 138 Pounds In My Pocket: The Story of Hind Al-Husseini (2009) dir. Sahera Dirbas

In April 1948, following the UN partition plan for Palestine, the young teacher Hind Al-Husseini came across a large group of young children in Jerusalem. They were survivors of the massacre in Deir Yassin. Husseini took them in and established an orphanage in the Jerusalem home. Today, Dar al-Tifl al-Arabi is the largest Palestinian orphanage providing education to more than 1,500 pupils. The film is examines how Husseini and her successors filled in the gaps when the state was unable to provide adequate welfare.

2. Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (2025) dir. Karim Shah

A forensic investigation into Israeli military attacks on hospitals in Gaza. The film also examines allegations of the targeting and abuse of doctors and healthcare workers in Gaza.

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