Films by Noemi Schneider

Germany 2013, 70 min
by Noemi Schneider

Walaa Hussein is a Muslim Arab. She’s Palestinian, she’s Israeli, she’s a woman – and on top of that a football playing woman. Walaa is refusing to choose sides: The 23-year-old is not only playing in the Palestinian national team, but as well for the Israeli football league. She’s attacking across the borders, may they be on the map or in the hearts or minds of people. That way Walaa crosses often lines: political, religious, conventional and traditional lines. Lines that most people in Israel