Film Screening: Refusing to be Enemies: The Zeitouna Story

This film profiles a self-formed group of twelve ordinary women, six Arabs and six Jews, calling themselves Zeitouna, the Arab word for olive tree. Some of the women are American-born, others are immigrants; one is a Holocaust survivor, another is a survivor of the Nakbah’s terror; their ages span 40 years. The film does not attempt to answer questions of right and wrong, or how to break the deadlock of the Middle East conflict. Instead, it offers living proof of how the journey of personal transformation may pave the way to socio-political transformation and peace. Ann Arbor Filmmaker Laurie White is a founding member of Zeitouna and will be here with additional Zeitouna members for a discussion after the screening.