There Are So Many Things Still to Say
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There Are So Many Things Still to Say is a Syria
n documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay
. The film was based on an interview with Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous
a few months before he died of cancer.
Wannous, narrates his somber and relentless reflections-an adieu to a generation for whom the Arab-Israeli conflict has been the source of all disillusion. The playwright recounts, with some regret for the lost opportunities that resulted, how the Palestinian struggle became a central part of intellectual life for an entire generation.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n documentary film by the director Omar Amiralay
Omar Amiralay
Omar Amiralay was a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000....
. The film was based on an interview with Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous
Saadallah Wannous
Saadallah Wannous , Syrian playwright. He was born in the village of Hussein al-Bahr, near Tartous from the Alawites sect , where he received his early education. He studied journalism in Cairo, Egypt and later served as editor of the art and cultural sections of the Syrian paper Al-Baath and the...
a few months before he died of cancer.
Wannous, narrates his somber and relentless reflections-an adieu to a generation for whom the Arab-Israeli conflict has been the source of all disillusion. The playwright recounts, with some regret for the lost opportunities that resulted, how the Palestinian struggle became a central part of intellectual life for an entire generation.