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The film highlights the importance of education in areas affected by settlement in the West Bank of Palestine, and the lack of services due to Israeli occupation in the isolated areas of the southern West Bank. Despite their school being demolished multiple times, their bags confiscated, restrictions imposed on their living area and a challenging and frightening journey to get to school, the young children portrayed are determined to pursue education.

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Ajwad Jaradat is a documentary filmmaker who studied at Birzeit University in Palestine, majoring in Radio and Television Media. He graduated in 2009 and works in the Documentary Films and Cinema Unit at Palestine Television. Over the past 10 years, he has produced numerous documentary films and won several Arab and international awards, including the Excellence Award at the Documentary Films Festival in India, the Ismailia International Film Festival Award, and the Creativity Award at the Arab Radio and Television Festival.