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Interview Questions for Salwa Abu Libdeh

Could you please start by introducing yourself and giving a brief history of who you are and where you come from?

The documentary films you worked on before, what were they about?

Can you tell me more about the last film you worked on?

You said that you could choose the topics you wanted to cover in your film -- did you choose these because you think that those topics are not well covered by the media?

What do you think the results of your work will be?

Did you feel your sense of belonging change after this work and dealing with Israelis?

What do you hope for?

What are the greatest challenges that you faced in this work?

What do the people around you think about this?

Is it rare for people to do this kind of work, Palestinians and Israelis together?

How did the Palestinian-Israeli conflict affect your life?

You told me about how your family moved out of Jaffa and lost their home, then you told me about how your brother was martyred, and today you are working with Israelis -- did those experiences affect your work in any way?

Did this film give you the chance to meet with someone that you wouldn’t have met otherwise? Did you experience a situation that you wouldn’t have otherwise had?

Did you have to give up anything to do this work?

Through this work, was there anyone that changed how you think?

What did you learn from doing this work?

Do you consider the film to be peace work?

What does the word peace mean to you?

Who do you blame?

Do you think there will be peace in our lifetime? How do you see the next 5 or 10 years?

Is there hope?

You are suggesting that both sides know their borders and live within them. What do you think about coexistence?

Who do you think needs to know more about the conflict and about what the Palestinians and Israelis are doing about it?

What do you think are the roots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?

What do you think are the most important events that helped shape the conflict?

Is there anything you want to add?