Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through
1987, Hebrew. Directed by Eyal Sivan.
Aqabat-Jaber is one of the sixty Palestinian refugee camps built in the Middle East by the UN at the beginning of the 1950s. Filmed in 1987, a few months before the Intifada, this film tells the story of a disinherited generation brought up in the nostalgia of places they never knew and which no longer exist. The story of a temporary solution that became a permanent way of life.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hebrew
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Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- Released
- 2 January 1987
- Original title
- Aqabat jaber: Vie de passage
- Country
- Belgium, Israel, Palestinian Territory
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Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through?
Aqabat Jaber: Passing Through (1987) was directed by Eyal Sivan.