You Come From Far Away
by Amal Ramsis
Summary
Imagine that you have parents but you were raised without them. Imagine that you can’t talk to your siblings because each of you speaks a different language. This film chronicles the extraordinary story of a Palestinian family dispersed by the turmoil that shaped the twentieth century: the Spanish Civil War in which the father, Palestinian journalist Najati Sidki, fought against Franco (1936-39); World War II; theNakba;and the Lebanese Civil War.