
Because Roots Don’t Die
★★★★★
Arabic / 53 MIN. / 1977
The Genres
The Synopsis
The siege of Tel al-Zaatar took place during the Lebanese Civil War on 12 August 1976. Tel al-Zaatar (The Hill of Thyme) was a UNRWA administered Palestinian Refugee camp housing approximately 50,000-60,000 refugees in northeast Beirut.