My Wife, the Suicide Bomber
Arab-Israeli conflict. Three words that are charged with so much emotion and meaning. Everyone has an opinion (a staunch one at that), everyone has taken a side, and everyone thinks they’re correct.
Will there ever be a solution that completely satisfies both sides? It’s doubtful. But filmmaker Ziad Doueiri certainly is able to present both sides, with equal parts criticism and empathy, through the eyes of Amin Jafaari in The Attack.
The Attack, directed and co-written by Lebanese-born Doueiri, follows Amin Jafaari, an award-winning Arab-Israeli surgeon living in Tel Aviv. Amin and his wife, Siham, are completely integrated into Israeli society; Amin is a surgeon at a highly regarded medical center in Tel Aviv, working amiably alongside Israeli doctors and nurses. The recipient of a prestigious award, Amin is fully embraced by the Israeli medical community. But when disaster...