Al Nawss: The Quiver of the Branch by the Wind - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

A young Palestinian living in exile searches for the reason of his attachment to a land where he was not born. The land of his father's tongue and of the stories of his grandmother who died in Gaza, of the faraway sea of Jaffa and the ...See moreA young Palestinian living in exile searches for the reason of his attachment to a land where he was not born. The land of his father's tongue and of the stories of his grandmother who died in Gaza, of the faraway sea of Jaffa and the dance of the Mary, footsteps that surround him always, despite time and distance. He meets Nu'ma and she leads him to Om-Mazen, who like him, lives in exile - in Egypt. Om-Mazen's age is that of questions and of roots... she speaks - telling the old story, the song, the place, names, dialects, and examples, he asks her questions, and the melodies are formed. He listens to her words and sees her moving far back in time to her childhood days. The girls describe the relationship between Om-Mazen and the young man... names, words, their presence, and the thoughts in their minds. One of the girls is a moon's lover, another is a spring that the young man had seen in Nablus and a third tells her story with a young man whom Om-Mazen had seen in Beirut. Their characters become part of the quiver, as well as Om-Mazen, the young man, and the melody... the wind is always there and by which, quivers the branch.See less