Palestinians at the Holocaust Museum

In 2011, Mujahid Sarsur found himself in a windowless room, where he was interrogated for hours. The Palestinian Authority's Intelligence Agency wanted to know: why did he lead a group of fellow Palestinian students on a trip to the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem?This is the extraordinary story of Mujahid's journey, against enormous odds both logistical and political, and resistance from both Palestinian and Israeli authorities, to understand the culture that occupies his land. He traces his teenage years growing up in the West Bank in the shadow of the second Intifada, encountering Israelis at school in Canada (the first he'd met without guns), and developing his mission to lead the first Palestinian educational group to visit the Holocaust Museum. With rare lucidity and remarkable generosity, he reveals the frustrations and trauma of life under occupation, but also the powerful potential of reconciliation and shared understanding. This is a moving and unique look to the past in the hopes of building a different future.

In 2011, Mujahid Sarsur found himself in a windowless room, where he was interrogated for hours. The Palestinian Authority''s Intelligence Agency wanted to know: why did he lead a group of fellow Palestinian students on a trip to the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem?This is the extraordinary story of Mujahid''s journey, against enormous odds both logistical and political, and resistance from both Palestinian and Israeli authorities, to understand the culture that occupies his land. He traces his teenage years growing up in the West Bank in the shadow of the second Intifada, encountering Israelis at school in Canada (the first he''d met without guns), and developing his mission to lead the first Palestinian educational group to visit the Holocaust Museum. With rare lucidity and remarkable generosity, he reveals the frustrations and trauma of life under occupation, but also the powerful potential of reconciliation and shared understanding. This is a moving and unique look to the past in the hopes of building a different future.