Walid Daqqa: A Parallel Life
Walid Daqqa is a long-serving Palestinian prisoner whose life story reflects resilience and creativity despite incarceration. The film about him highlights his transformation from a young boy in Palestine to a life sentence in an Israeli prison, where he maintained a sense of purpose. Through his experiences, Daqqa conveys a powerful message about love, oppression, and the enduring struggle for freedom.
- ▪Walid Daqqa is one of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
- ▪He turned his prison cell into a classroom and a wedding venue, marrying Sanaa Salama inside Ashkelon prison.
- ▪The film features intimate testimonies from family, former prisoners, and his lawyer, exploring his concept of 'parallel time.'
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play videoplay videoVideo Duration 46 minutes 59 seconds play-arrow46:59Al Jazeera WorldWalid Daqqa: A Parallel LifeWalid Daqqa, the Palestinian prisoner who turned decades in Israeli jails into moments of thought, creativity and love.Read moreThis is the story of Walid Daqqa, one of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, told by his immediate family and in voice recordings he made behind bars.From a sharp-minded boy in 1948 Palestine to a clandestine PFLP organiser sentenced to life imprisonment, Daqqa turns his cell into a classroom, a think tank and, eventually, a wedding venue when he marries Sanaa Salama inside Ashkelon prison.Through intimate testimonies from family, former prisoners and his lawyer, the film explores Walid’s idea of “parallel time” – living both…
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