Zayd Lahham

Three friends drive through the mountains looking for a community of Palestinians they've only ever heard about.

Following the death of his parents, a man remains in the family house. There, he reveals to his son his late father’s journal, a record of the family’s life after the destruction of their village. As they flip through its pages for the first time, the family’s history unfolds, and together they summon his father’s spirit.

An uncovered archive recounts my childhood through sketches, scribbles, and a forgotten love poem.