A World Not Ours - Trailer

2m 34s

Filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel revisits his former home to share a passionate, bittersweet account of one family’s multi-generational experience living as permanent refugees in southern Lebanon.

Previews + Extras

  • A World Not Ours: I Quit: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A World Not Ours: I Quit

    S27 E8 - 2m

    Abu Eyad expresses his frustration with living in Lebanon as a refugee without rights.

  • A World Not Ours: Ain el-Helweh: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A World Not Ours: Ain el-Helweh

    S27 E8 - 3m 19s

    Filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel introduces Ain el-Helweh, the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where his family is from.

  • A World Not Ours: Right of Return: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A World Not Ours: Right of Return

    S27 E8 - 2m 45s

    Mahdi's grandfather came to Ain el-Helweh at age 16 and has lived there ever since, maintaining his determination to one day return to his homeland.

  • A World Not Ours: I Don't Want to Return: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A World Not Ours: I Don't Want to Return

    S27 E8 - 3m 26s

    Mahdi's friend Abu Eyad describes feeling betrayed by those who promised a Palestinian revolution and says he does not want to return to his family's land.

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