Emad bernat biography books

Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer and director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “5 Broken Cameras“, which he co-directed with Israeli Guy Davidi, reflects on his family’s experiences living in the West Bank and as part of the Palestinian non-violent resistance movement.

(CNN) — I come from Palestine.

I have lived my entire life under military occupation, and I have no memory of a time without struggle.

I have seen my neighbors beaten, blindfolded, and kidnapped. I have seen children snatched from their mothers in the dead of night.

I have seen my brother shot and friend murdered.

I can’t tell you how this holy land felt before the armored jeeps’ rumble. I can’t trace a path from here — from where the Wall surrounds me —