Naomi & Ahsan speaking on the phone from their home at Tel-Aviv & Ramallah

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Hello. - Ahsan-Hi. - Hi.

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How are you?-OK, How are you, Honey?

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I am fine. How are you, Naomi?- All Right.

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All right? -Yes.-How's everything?

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You know,It's difficult, but busy.

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Here, it's also very,Very difficult.

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Till now, we are under closure.We can't get outside Ramallah,

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and everyday many people are killed, and children, and...

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It's not such an easy situation.I'm very depressed from it.

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Well, 'cause it's a very depressing situation, you know.

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Title : Six Months earlier Southern Morroco

Naomi &Ashan in the street of Morocco.

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In the beginning,he asked where Ahsan is from,

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So Ahsan said, Palestine.And he said; you too? I said no.

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And we didn't say anything else.Silence.

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And then they started talking,then he looked at me and he said:

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So where are you from? -He thinksthat you are Palestinian too.

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And then Naomi said: I'm Israeli.And he started laughing.

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Palestinian and Israeli -

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you are fighting each other,and you're here in one car, driving?

Naomi & Ashan met 3 years ago while acting In a play on coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians, They been friends ever since

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We fought in the beginning.

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About what?-Politics.

Rally Aicha des Gazelles and the Peres center for peace invite them to compete in the women only jeep Rally held in the Moroccan Sahara as representative of peace and coexistence.

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Title - Two States of Mind

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Narration : this year 50 teams are competing in Aicha des Gazelles rally which is celebrating his 10 anniversary, two women to a team , one navigates the other drive. Competitors come from all over the world, their ranges of age are from 18 to 67. Among them are : doctors, chemists, lawyers, bankers, models, journalists, politicians and of course mothers and grandmothers.

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Participant's tent
Team number 8!

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Naomi Ackerman and Ahsan Turki.

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Turkia.-Turki.

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We're very proud of thisIsraeli-Palestinian team.

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We, as women, must sendout images and messages.

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So thank you both very much.

Outside the tent

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People always say that the Arabs andthe Jews, that we're so much alike,

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We're so much alike. We're not.

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It's a very, very different culture.

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Making peace isn'tonly about the land,

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it's about understandinga completely different mentality.

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It's about understandinga completely different...

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It's to feel peace inside.-No, it's a different mind-style.

Narration : the rally runs for 9 days. Navigation nuts speed is the main objective. The team that find the most check points having travel the shorten distance wins. The navigational tools 40-year-old maps and a compass. No GPS allowed. Following other cars or traveling in-groups is forbidden. Doing so resulting penalty points. Use of radio equipment or rescue tears resulting penalty points. Journalists covering the race may not help the contesters.


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Narration : average daily temperature during the race 58 degree Celsius. Using the air condition is forbidden.

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Title : They don't find any flags and return to camp a few hours later.

The beginning of the race. In the jeep

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We lost our compass.So embarrassing.

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In the jeep
It's not the Palestinian who lost the compass, it's the Israeli.

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If it was the Palestinian, they'dsay all Palestinians are idiots.

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Thank God it's the Israeli.And she was a soldier before. OK?

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If you come with me,we'll go and see the finishing line,

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and we'll give you all...-All the penalties.

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No. Of course you'll have...

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How can you lose a compass,when it's vital?

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We're going to have to talk aboutsomething extremely important,

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off-record.-OK.

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Can we do that now?-Yeah, yeah.

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She wants to talk to us.Is something going on?

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Title : the Moroccan government requests that they downplay the Israeli - Palestinian Presence.

At night in the camp outside the tent

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I didn't sleep at all. I'm sostressed from everything.

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It's really depressing, waking upat 4 o'clock in the morning.

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No showers, no water, no toilets,

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in the army I had better conditionsthan this and I was in a tough unit.

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This is beyond adventure,this is... a bummer.

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Your hat, crazy.-No, no, no, I know, but...

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I know,but you are going to forget it.

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wait, wait, Ahsan, I'm a littleconfused now, because we moved.

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I feel that we have to go aroundand then come to the right.

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Somewhere we're a little bit off.-OK, OK, we are going to

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correct that, it's not a problem.-No, no, I just don't know...

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But we are in the area.-We're in the area, that's for sure.

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Of course.

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We don't want to be disqualified,now. Come on. It's a shame.

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Title : Talking with the film crew.

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We are actresses,and we improvise in the theatre,

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but in the desert,no improvisations,

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just equations and mathematics.I hate that.

Naomi V.O.

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What am I doing here?After all, I want to be an actress.

Naomi V.O.

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What am I runningaround in the desert for?

Naomi V.O.

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Wouldn't I be better off at home?Going to auditions? Performing?

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Let's go to the camp.We don't want the flags.

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Let's go there and take a shower,and sleep.

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Who cares?

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Title : Back at camp

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Tomorrow you'll hate me,don't worry. -I know,

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I'm going to hate you tomorrow.

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Never does she navigateand get to the point, never.

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It's always like onemile before or one mile after.

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And now, she's busy. Like for2 hours, if I say one word,

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Ahsan, I'm totally, you know,nervous.

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I'm making my... Mr... Doctorgeography, she's making the map

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and after that...

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there's no map, there's no nothing.You're always lost.

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It's good. If we don't find jobs,we can work in the refugee camps.

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We can make tentsduring the war.


Title : The third and the fourth day

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You know, today's Memorial Dayin Israel. -No, it isn't.

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It was already. It's IndependenceDay. -It's the Nakbah.

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We celebrated already. -Shecelebrated, I don't celebrate.

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She celebrated. She lit a candlein her room. And I came back...

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No, because I...-That's not funny.

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No, it's not funny,

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I did it because I was afraidthere'll be a fire in the room,

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that's it, Naomi. You know,Naomi, I don't mean it.

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I know.-Of course.

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But we are not goingto go like this.

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Like what?-Like this.

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We'll go through the...-But Ahsan,

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hat way is the opposite wayto where we have to go.

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It's not opposite. -No, I'm notsure that this is the road.

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This is the road we are walking.-No, that's not for sure.

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That's not for sure. There'sa million different roads here.

Naomi V.O.

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I'm very uptight aboutthe navigation,

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because I'm the only onein the team that can do it.

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She was a navigatorin the Israeli Army.

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If all the navigators inthe Israeli army are like Naomi,

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so the Arabs, they are happy.

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If you don't have patiencefor me to do it, fine,

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we're gonna get lost. -No. -Maybewe'll have luck, maybe we won't.

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You have to keep moving,trying, Naomi, and then you plan.

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We try, and you do your thing.We try, why not?

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Ahsan, but that's not navigation.The whole thing of navigation...

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OK, we might take this, and youknow what, it might be wonderful.

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And we might end upbeing totally lost.

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I now know a little bitwhere we are. -OK.

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If you want to takethat chance, fine.

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Can I ask a questionand get penalty points?

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Give me a little hint,I can't take it anymore.

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We'll just go back and drive there.-Exactly. -Right? -Yes.

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Well, I hope my partnerlearned a lesson today.

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So it's between the two mountains,straight ahead

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and what we're doing is a mistake,just say yes or no,

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but don't say yes or no becausethey understand yes or no, OK.

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We'll just go back and the wayis very obvious, right?

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OK, let's go!

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I have a suggestion, that we cango right a way, straight up,

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and then we move, you know,like turning around the wadi,

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and coming to this area.It will be nearer.

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And then we move on theother side and go like this.

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Let's go. I made a suggestion...I will do my... inside. Come on.

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I'm ready to give up.

Ashan V.O.

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When the night comes, you know,as 2 women in the desert,

Ashan V.O.

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I feel really depressed.

Ashan V.O.

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Especially, it's like big desert,there is no place you can go

Ashan V.O.

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and you are afraid of the wadisand the valleys.

Ashan V.O.

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And I was crying to Naomi,telling her what I miss.

Ashan V.O.

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I miss my children.I'm very afraid about myself,

Ashan V.O.

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not because of my soul.I'm afraid because of my children,

Ashan V.O.

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because they won't haveanybody to support them

Ashan V.O.
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if something dangeroushappens to me.

Title : they drove all night. Looking for the camp

At the camp

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Bonjour.Salam Aleikum.

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Salam Aleikum.-Salam Aleikum, Salam Aleikum.

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Do you know where's Naomi?

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Come to the tent,you can sleep there.

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I close you.

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No, it's the window that's open.-Oh.

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Title : Manou, Rally supervisor of the participants.

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I'll do it. OK.Just go to your tent.

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You want me to help you?

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Come on. -I'm just really exhausted.-I know.

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Come, the tent is there.

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Did they tell you what happened,why we're taking time out?

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One of the menthat fixes the flags,

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on the street,not on the wadi,

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he had an accidentand he got killed.

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But did you hear what I said?On the street,

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not while he was navigating, notin the wadi, not in the mountains,

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on the street. He was on a road.He had an accident with another car.

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So there's a lot of ballaghan.

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That's why we're staying hereright now.

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So, I'm going to sleepfor a few hours,

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and then I'm going to dothe navigation. Go take a shower.

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Don't close your eyes.

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Do you know where everything is?

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The blue thing with the shampooand stuff is in the green bag,

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and everything is all aroundthere. You'll see it. -OK. -OK?

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We didn't take our shoes offsince yesterday.

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Where is my shampoo? I don'tknow where she put it, Naomi.

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Hi, how are you? -I'm OK.-Fine? -I'm OK.

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Yesterday we were...

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Driving through the wadis,you know, to find the way to go,

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and just going in like circles,like circles, like circles.

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I know it's not easy.-It's not so easy.

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For us, no. -And you needso much energy, you know.

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You need energy, and you need...-I have... I am very cross.

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I know myself,I'm a tough person.

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I'm not a person who's...-I know.

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You know, me and Naomi,what we say; penalties, penalties

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Yeah. -If we don't...-Don't kill it.

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You want to be safe.-Don't kill yourself for it.

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All right, it's a game.Let's take it... it's a game.

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Let's take it as a game, and weare not going to kill ourselves.

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I'm very, very stressed, and I'mvery tired, and I can't fall asleep

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Title : Rally Doctor

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and I'm just feeling...-Why are you stressed?

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I'm not even sure. I'm a littlebit stressed from the navigation

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because I feel that... becauseI wasn't prepared for this.

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I'll take a shower and then I...-And if you need anything...

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Oh, thank you, Margaret, youare so nice. Thank you. -OK.

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I have to find my shampoo.

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Do you want to keepgoing on with the race?

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I'm just lost without Naomi.

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I'm usually...

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first place.

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But sometimes you have tofight for it.

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You say you have to make your ownrace, your own way to live it,

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without being in the same kind ofspirit that the others are. -I know.

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I'm sorry for the man who was...

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What are they going to do now?

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I don't know. We still don'thave any news about it.

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Wow, these are the flags.-It makes you think a lot, huh?

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This is the first time I'venoticed these flags.

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No, I think it's the first timethey've put it on. I think so.

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Because you know, they said to usnot to put... -On the car, but...

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Not to put our flags on the car.

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For one hour, I've been sayingthat I'm going to take a shower.

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Go now, because it's... -Give meyour shampoo. Where is the car?

01:21:09:14
Title : Mothers day

Participants tent

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when I was a little boy, I didn't really understand

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my mother's place in my life

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I was only 6 years old when they told me

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that sweet Mommy would not come back

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Dear Mommy

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Dear Mommy

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This is all our life

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Sweet Mommy, I miss you

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A mother is the most precious creature

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Now I am 20 years old, I've grown...

Ashan V.O.

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My son, he is OK.He's going to be 17 this month.

Ashan V.O.

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On the 15th, he's going to be.

Ashan V.O.

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For his birthday,I'm here in this desert.

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No telephone to say to him:happy birthday.

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My daughter, she is like me.She always sees me as an example.

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She says; I have to belike you, strong.

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And then whatever happens,I don't care.

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And then, always I've said toher; you have to be...

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you have your career, and youstudy, you finish your school,

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and then don't care about anybody.Don't be afraid of the future.

01:23:30:21
Title : The fifth day

Continuation of the race

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Did you see we have garlic?Against the evil eye?

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The Jewish prayer fora safe journey... -And the Koran. to

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My God, they're stuck on a rock.-Naomi, are you OK?

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It's not a big problem for thecar? That's most important.

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I think it's not. -It's not.Like we are safe. -Yeah.

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Crazy Israeli/Palestinian.Always bad decisions!

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Always bad decisions, always!-Wonderful job...

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You had nothing to do with it.-Good navigator.

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That's right, me. It was just me.

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That's right, get it on film,just me. All my mistakes

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No, no, it's both of us.

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Because first, when you suggestit, I agreed,

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so it's the biggest problem.I shouldn't have agreed.

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As usual in life. You do something,we don't agree, and that's it.

Ashan V.O.

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Don't follow an Israeli, he willtake you to a big rock, like this.

Doctor V.O.

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Ahsan has an infusion because she gotdehydrated from the sun,

01:26:00:08
Title : Solange Competitor, a doctor, found them by chance.

IN THE JEEPARR

01:25:44:02 to 01:25:48:04
and now Christoff is here, and we'regoing to be coming to 6A, OK?

01:25:58:01 to 01:26:00:03
Can you close the door? -Yes

01:26:01:00 to 01:26:03:01
Are you a doctor? -Yes

01:26:12:18 to 01:26:14:13
Wait, wait, wait.

01:26:19:08 to 01:26:20:20
Come on.

01:26:23:03 to 01:26:24:10
Wait .

01:26:35:11 to 01:26:37:16
She'll be OK, right? -Yeah, yeah,yeah.

01:26:37:21 to 01:26:41:05
It will be OK, but now, driver, goon, please.

01:26:43:24 to 01:26:45:14
It's that way, look.

01:26:48:03 to 01:26:49:17
Reverse, this place.

01:27:38:08 to 01:27:39:21
I'm a survivor, don't worry.

01:27:39:24 to 01:27:41:20
I will live. -Of course you'll live.

01:27:41:23 to 01:27:43:08
Naomi and Ahsan forever.

01:27:45:23 to 01:27:48:21
And we'll get home, and what are wegoing to tell Smadar Perry?

01:27:48:24 to 01:27:51:24
We will kill her.I will kill her.

01:27:53:06 to 01:27:55:11
What a good suggestion, huh?

Arrival to camp at night

01:29:08:04 to 01:29:11:02
Wait, you'll get gas, and thenwe'll take the tents out the car?

01:29:11:04 to 01:29:14:14
No, no, I will put the gas, andI'll go to eat. I'm very hungry.

01:29:14:17 to 01:29:17:03
No, but we have to take the tentsout, and everything else.

01:29:17:05 to 01:29:20:18
OK, we'll take the car, afterwe put it, you'll fix everything.

01:29:21:17 to 01:29:24:00
I'll put it in a place,I'll give you the key.

01:29:25:11 to 01:29:29:10
I'm not fixing everythingby myself again. -What?

01:29:29:15 to 01:29:32:19
Yeah. -I'm hungry.I want to eat.

Naomi V.O.

01:29:44:16 to 01:29:48:23
One night, when I couldn't sleepand was still extremely stressed out,

Naomi V.O.

01:29:49:04 to 01:29:52:01
I spoke with the doctor andhe said something very nice.

Naomi V.O.

01:29:52:05 to 01:29:55:06
He spoke a little about what he sawhappening between Ahsan and I

Naomi V.O.

01:29:55:22 to 01:30:00:06
and he looked at me and said:You must open your heart to her

Naomi V.O.

01:30:00:09 to 01:30:04:00
and tell her exactlywhat you're feeling.

Naomi V.O.

01:30:04:08 to 01:30:09:04
And tell her everything, withoutany inhibitions or anything.

Naomi V.O.

01:30:09:11,01:30:13:19
I didn't sleep all night,I couldn't decide what to do,

Naomi V.O.

01:30:13:21 to 01:30:15:24
and at 3:30 I woke her up

Naomi V.O.

01:30:16:11,01:30:19:21
and told her that I need herto be more with me,

Naomi V.O.

01:30:19:24 to 01:30:23:03
to help me more,that I can't do everything

Naomi V.O.

01:30:23:07 to 01:30:25:09
and that I need herto be more attentive

Naomi V.O.

01:30:25:12 to 01:30:29:13
and that the things thatI like very much in her,

Naomi V.O.

01:30:29:20 to 01:30:34:06
whether it's her aggressivenessor loudness,

Naomi V.O.

01:30:34:13 to 01:30:36:17
are very hard for meto deal with right now.

Naomi V.O.

01:30:37:21,01:30:41:11
That I'm having a hard time, I'mfalling a part and I need your help.

Ashan talking

01:31:15:19 to 01:31:17:20
Sometimes the camerais dangerous, huh?

01:31:27:05
Title : The seventh day

01:32:26:04 to 01:32:30:06
Hey! This is the first flagin the race!

01:33:12:20 to 01:33:14:24
If I'm having fun?I'm starting to.

01:33:15:01 to 01:33:18:10
I have an awesome driver andnow we've found some friends too.

01:33:18:1 ot ,01:33:20:20
I trust her. I trust her,

01:33:20:22 to 01:33:24:21
she's going to choosethe good way for us. I wish.

01:33:41:17 to 01:33:44:11
Where? Where?Where is the sticker?

01:33:46:17 to 01:33:51:05
See! A good navigator,a good driver.

Director V.O.

01:33:52:16 to 01:33:56:07 Director
You know, I heard that today's ameaningful day for Palestinians.

Ashan in the jeep

01:33:56:22 to 01:34:00:14
What? -Today is a meaningful dayfor the Palestinians.

01:34:01:01 to 01:34:02:08
Ah...

01:34:04:04 to 01:34:06:12
Today is the 16th?

01:34:16:06 to 01:34:18:01
What are you asking about?

01:34:18:17 to 01:34:22:10
What's this day?-This is the Day of the Nakbah

01:34:23:09 to 01:34:28:17
and you are celebratingthe Independence Day.

01:34:29:07 to 01:34:31:11
Everyone celebrates...

01:34:31:18 to 01:34:36:03
You celebrate, but weare not celebrating.

01:34:36:06 to 01:34:38:12
I'm celebrating now,in the desert

01:34:38:15 to 01:34:40:13
the peace between two nations.

01:34:40:17 to 01:34:44:22
I heard there was a mess inIsrael now, because of this day.

01:34:45:16 to 01:34:48:05
There were people killed,and there was stuff like that.

01:34:48:07 to 01:34:50:07
Today? -And...

01:34:50:15 to 01:34:54:01
I don't know about it. You know,I am here in the desert.

01:34:54:06 to 01:34:56:06
I don't know...I have no radio.

01:34:56:09 to 01:34:59:16
Also, there is no radio here,that you can listen to the news.

01:35:00:06 to 01:35:03:05
And we are totally isolatedfrom all the world.

01:35:18:21 to 01:35:20:23
Why did I make you depressed?

01:35:23:01 to 01:35:25:12
Because you made meremember things...

01:35:28:04 to 01:35:30:05
that it's not convenient now.

01:35:41:07 to 01:35:42:21
Why isn't it convenient?

01:35:46:18 to 01:35:50:07
Because what we are doing nowis different to what exists really.

Naomi comforting Ashan

01:36:11:17 to 01:36:12:21
Is she crying?

01:36:15:02 to 01:36:17:20
What happened?

01:36:20:21 to 01:36:23:24
Ahsan, what happened?Huh?

01:36:29:16 to 01:36:32:18
Drink. Drink water.

01:36:33:08 to 01:36:34:09
Take your hat off.

01:36:37:24 to 01:36:40:12
Come here a second.

01:36:52:13 to 01:36:56:22
Put some on your face.OK?

01:36:59:23 to 01:37:02:20
And drink.OK?

01:37:04:08 to 01:37:06:02
I'm just going to see whatsome other people are doing,

01:37:06:04 to 01:37:08:22
and then we're going to go.All right? -OK.

01:37:09:15 to 01:37:11:11
Are you OK?-OK, I have to go to...

01:37:14:16 to 01:37:16:11
Listen, come here a second.

01:37:16:13 to 01:37:18:21
You don't have to talk aboutpolitics if you don't want to.

01:37:19:03 to 01:37:21:09
OK?-OK.

01:37:22:21 to 01:37:24:17
Here, use this.-No, it's OK.

01:37:24:19 to 01:37:26:15
Use this, wipe your face with it.It's dirty anyway.

Ashan talking

01:38:03:16 to 01:38:07:20
The problem is that everyonehas his history, you know.

01:38:08:01 to 01:38:09:21
And his past.

01:38:10:12 to 01:38:14:01
And, what I thinkthat the Israelis, always,

01:38:14:04 to 01:38:17:13
they want always to remembertheir history,

01:38:17:16 to 01:38:20:01
but they want us to forgetour history.

01:38:20:18 to 01:38:22:17
This is the main issue.

01:38:22:22 to 01:38:26:12
If I want to respect yourhistory, as an Israeli,

01:38:26:16 to 01:38:29:06
you have to respect alsomy history, because

01:38:29:14 to 01:38:34:05
I can't say that my parents,they are not from Jaffa.

01:38:34:09 to 01:38:35:09
They are from Jaffa.

01:38:35:13 to 01:38:38:12
My grandfather, my grandmother,they are from Jaffa, you know.

01:38:38:18 to 01:38:44:04
Like, these things, I feel thatit's like offending Israeli people.

01:38:44:09 to 01:38:45:23
Politics are...

01:38:46:17 to 01:38:49:18
There are many things thatI disagree with her, so what?

01:38:52:03 to 01:38:54:09
Do you agree with everythingyour boyfriend thinks?

01:39:16:17 to 01:39:19:13
...and deployed its troopson main roads.

01:39:20:02
Title : Ramallah Six months after the rally the Al-Aksa Intifada breaks out.

On the radio in Rammalh

01:39:20:00 to 01:39:23:21
The closure is causing a great dealof suffering among civilians

01:39:24:07 to 01:39:27:15
due to a shortage in food.

01:39:27:16 to 01:39:33:11
21 civilians have been injuredin riots on the Jenin-Nazareth road.

01:39:33:21 to 01:39:39:04
Following riots that broke outin the West Bank, 72 people...

01:39:55:08
Title : Tel-Aviv

The Sahara

01:40:07:09 ot 01:40:09:00
This is the right. The compassin the car is the right.

01:40:09:03 to 01:40:10:13
This is the right, OK?-Yeah.

01:40:10:17 to 01:40:13:03
And left is alwaysto your mirror. -OK.

01:40:13:08 to 01:40:15:08
That's your mirror, andthe right is this, OK? -Yeah.

Ashan & Naomi talking on the phone from their homes.

01:40:15:22 to 01:40:17:18
But we are the weakest party,Naomi.

01:40:17:21 to 01:40:19:09
But what does that have to do,if we're weak or not?

01:40:19:12 to 01:40:21:24
Always, if you're the weakest,you don't have a decision. -Why?

01:40:22:02 to 01:40:23:09
You are the strongest.

Sahara

01:40:36:23 to 01:40:41:14
Go straight, and then to theright, and stop next to the tree.

01:40:41:20 ot 01:40:44:04
We don't have rockets, Naomi,we don't have airplanes.

01:40:44:08 to 01:40:47:09
It's unbalanced, uneven. It'sunbalanced violence. -That's why...

01:40:47:13 to 01:40:50:05
It's unbalanced violence.-But Ahsan, Ahsan,

01:40:50:09 to 01:40:53:03
that's exactly the reason whythe Palestinians shouldn't start

01:40:53:07 to 01:40:55:12
with violence from the beginning,-Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

01:40:55:15 to 01:41:00:03
Because unfortunately...-We are not the ones who started.

01:41:00:08 to 01:41:01:16
We are not the ones who started.

Sahara

01:41:04:17 to 01:41:07:03
Go! Go! Go! Go!Stop next to the tree!

01:41:08:23 to 01:41:11:10
On the other side,to the right!

01:41:15:05 to 01:41:16:20
She's very one-sided.

01:41:17:00 to 01:41:19:21
I think she sees the thingsfrom her point of view.

01:41:20:00,01:41:21:21
She doesn't seeour point of view

01:41:22:02 to 01:41:24:21
and that's a reality thatI have to accept or not accept.

01:41:24:24 to 01:41:25:21
I feel that the Israelis,

01:41:25:24 ot 01:41:29:01
they don't understand thePalestinian point of view.

01:41:29:04 to 01:41:32:23
You put one here and one here,OK? Let's try it.

01:41:33:08 to 01:41:34:20
It's going to makethe car turn over.

01:41:34:23 ot 01:41:38:01
You need them both to get out, sothe other two can get up on that.

Ashan at home, Ramallah

01:41:38:07 to 01:41:41:14
The Israelis behave likethey are the victims,

01:41:41:18 to 01:41:43:02
and they are the occupiers.

01:41:43:05 to 01:41:46:01
How can you be a victimand occupier at the same time?

01:41:46:11 ot 01:41:47:19
It's difficult.

Naomi & Ashan talking on the phone

01:41:48:01 to 01:41:50:07
The children are your soldiers.

01:41:50:10 to 01:41:53:19
You guys are sending children outto the streets, that are fighting...

01:41:54:02 to 01:41:57:02
Nobody wants to kill children.-No, we are not sending them.

01:41:57:06 to 01:41:58:22
So, how come they're the onesthat are throwing rocks.

01:41:59:01 to 01:42:01:22
They are running away fromtheir families to go to fight.

Ashan at the camp at night

01:42:02:00 to 01:42:04:05
If you go to a campin the West Bank,

01:42:04:18 to 01:42:07:17
if you ask a babyof 2 or 3 years old,

01:42:07:20 to 01:42:10:14
he will not say, I am fromthe camp of Ala Amahri, or...

01:42:10:17 to 01:42:14:01
He will say, no, I am from Elid.I am from Jaffa. I am from...

01:42:14:13 to 01:42:16:07
They can't. Because this is...

01:42:16:12 ot 01:42:21:09
Like we teach our kids thatwe are originally from this land.

Naomi's home

01:42:21:12 ot 01:42:26:14
When you go into first grade inIsrael, you learn the word shalom

01:42:26:18 to 01:42:29:14
And not shalom - hello,and not shalom kitah aleph,

01:42:29:21 to 01:42:33:16
welcome to first grade. Youlearn the word shalom as peace.

01:42:33:20 to 01:42:36:11
And that is a mantra for peoplethat live in this country.

Ashan at the camp at night

01:42:36:14 to 01:42:40:03
I met many kids, Palestiniankids, during the intifada,

01:42:40:10 to 01:42:45:17
and they were telling me, how canI change, if I see the soldiers,

01:42:45:20 to 01:42:48:24
you know, like hitting my father,and taking him at night,

01:42:49:03 to 01:42:52:13
and spitting on him, and doingsomething bad to him.

01:42:52:17 ot 01:42:56:23
This is a symbol for me. Theyjust killed a symbol for me.

Naomi's home

01:42:57:01 to 01:42:59:14
What do the Palestiniansteach their children?

01:42:59:17 to 01:43:02:06
They do not teach thema legacy of peace.

01:43:02:09,01:43:05:05
They teach them a legacyof war and hatred.

Ashan at the camp at night

01:43:05:08 to 01:43:11:22
How can this son, this small boy,see this image and forgive? No.

Naomi & Ashan near the jeep

01:43:12:22 to 01:43:15:14
There's 23 more kilometerslike this. -Wow.

01:43:15:19 to 01:43:18:03
I could shoot myselfin the face right now.

01:43:21:18 to 01:43:23:01
That's why we have...

01:43:23:04 to 01:43:26:09
we can't ever go in this, wealways have to go around. -Yeah.

01:43:26:12 to 01:43:29:12
Where the end of the trees were,to always just go around them.

01:43:29:15 to 01:43:31:09
Yes.-It's not worth it.

Naomi's home

01:43:31:12 to 01:43:34:20
I am very sorry about whathappened. I think it's horrible.

01:43:34:24 to 01:43:38:23
And there are no words to be ableto say how horrible occupation is,

01:43:39:07 to 01:43:43:02
but if the Palestinians don'traise their head from being victims,

01:43:43:06 to 01:43:45:19
they'll continue being victimsfor the rest of their lives.

In the Sahara desert

01:43:46:24 to 01:43:50:18
Oh, no. Don't stop.-What shall I do, Naomi?

In the Sahara desert

01:43:55:03 to 01:43:57:24
Are you stuck?-Of course.

01:44:02:01
Title : The last day

In the Sahara desert

01:44:48:19 to 01:44:52:15
Start digging in the sand. 7:30 in the morning.

Arriving Fez

01:45:23:24 to 01:45:26:02
We're in Fez!

01:45:32:10 to 01:45:35:20
What about peace,now you've finished?

Fez - Interview with journalist

01:45:36:04 ot 01:45:37:11
Peace?-Yes.

01:45:38:02 ot 01:45:42:06
Do you think that women canshow the way to the men?

01:45:42:10 to 01:45:46:14
Definitely. If women ruled theworld, there'd be a lot more peace.

01:45:48:12 to 01:45:50:17
You drive a car,not the world, but...

01:45:51:05 to 01:45:54:02
Listen, you start from the car,and then maybe the world.

01:45:54:15 to 01:45:56:01
Ahsan Turkiya.

01:45:56:18 ot 01:45:58:16
Thank you very much.-You're welcome.

01:46:05:13 to 01:46:06:09
We broke it.

01:46:12:15 to 01:46:15:14
I want to get my hair done,that's what I want.

At the party

01:46:44:20 to 01:46:46:18
Where's Ahsan?

Ahsan on the stage speaking

01:47:06:06 to 01:47:08:21
There is a message forthe politicians

01:47:09:02 to 01:47:12:16
that they have not to go toWye Plantation and Wye River,

01:47:12:22 to 01:47:14:22
they have to go to the desert,

01:47:15:03 to 01:47:18:16
and in half an hour they will havea good decision for both of us.

01:47:19:01 to 01:47:20:17
Thank you.

Naomi V.O.

01:47:46:22 to 01:47:49:04
The lessons that I learned thereI'd learned before,

01:47:49:08 to 01:47:51:21
that the only solution to anytension is talking.

01:47:53:07 to 01:47:55:09
And not everything will changethe way that you want it,

01:47:55:12 to 01:47:57:10
but it will get a little bitbetter if you talk.

01:47:58:19 to 01:48:01:12
And if you talk from your heart.

Ashan V.O.

01:48:04:18 to 01:48:06:12
We have to trust each other.

01:48:06:15 to 01:48:10:10
If there is no trust,everything is spoilt,

01:48:10:13 to 01:48:14:04
everything is going to be wrong,everything is destroyed.

01:48:14:11 ot 01:48:17:00
So trust and confidence,

01:48:17:15 to 01:48:22:23
and respect is a veryimportant thing in life

01:48:23:06 to 01:48:27:00
and even incommunication with people.

Naomi and Ashan speaking on the phone

01:48:27:08 to 01:48:29:14
As an individual, there's solittle that you can do,

01:48:29:17 to 01:48:31:11
but there's also a lotthat you can do.

01:48:31:15 to 01:48:32:20
Do you understand whatI'm saying?

01:48:32:23 to 01:48:36:04
Like, what can you do?-Yes, what...

01:48:36:09 to 01:48:39:06
You just have to keep doing whatyou can do and what you believe in.

01:48:39:11 to 01:48:41:23
It's a ballaghan, what you say.It's a ballaghan.

01:48:42:04 to 01:48:44:23
It's a ballaghan, you know.-A big ballaghan.

01:48:45:00 to 01:48:46:06
A big ballaghan.

01:48:52:14 to 01:48:54:00
It's a shit life.

01:48:55:18 to 01:48:57:13
Anyway, listen, habibti.-Yeah, habibti.

01:48:57:20 to 01:49:00:10
I'll probably call you from America, like next week.

01:49:00:14 to 01:49:02:22
I'm away for two weeks.-For two weeks, yeah.

01:49:03:01 to 01:49:04:09
And I'll call you. I'll call you from there,

01:49:04:12 to 01:49:05:22
and I'll call you when I get back.

01:49:06:16 to 01:49:09:07
Send my love to Rafi also. -OK. All right.

Ahsans' home in Rammalah

01:49:09:10 to 01:49:10:22
OK, darling, bon voyage.-Bye.

Two States of Mind

Credits

A PROVID Presentation
In Association with
Telad ( Israel )
Link ( ramalla )
Cast : Naomi Ackerman & Ihsan Turkieh
Original music
Daniel Kestenboim
Editor
Nurit Adiel
Director of photography
Fred Mainson

An Udi Kalinsky Production

Original Script And Directed by Shira Richter