Summer Film Series: “Sacred Stones” by Muayad Alayan and Laila Higazi

Friday | 24 May | 6:30 p.m.

Directors: Muayad Alayan & Laila Higazi /  52 minutes / 2011


Natural stone is the most requested Palestinian raw material, considered white oil. The Palestinian stone industry has to serve the construction needs of Israel, including that of illegal settlements on the Palestinian territory. The natural stone’s extraction system causes environmental, social, and health problems within villages, refugee camps and cities. The Israeli occupation responds with persecution of Palestinian complaints, whose voices are unanswered by international organizations and ignored by the Palestinian authorities.