Arna's Children

{{Short description|2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film}}

{{Expand Hebrew|date=April 2011|topic=cult}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Arna's Children

| image = Arnas-children.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Juliano Mer Khamis
Danniel Danniel

| producer = Osnat Trabelsi
Pieter van Huystee

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| released = {{Film date|2004|04|20|One World Film Festival}}

| runtime = 84 minutes

| country = Israel
Netherlands

| language = Arabic
Hebrew

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Arna's Children is a 2004 Dutch-Israeli documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel. The film's story revolves around a children's theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis, the director's mother, an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist.

The film portrays the lives of Arna Mer-Khamis and the children members of the theater including Ala el-Sabagr, Zakaria Zubeidi, Daud Zubeidi, Majdi Shadi, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170211085027/http://empathy-for-peace.org/meet-the-team/ Haifa Staiti], Nidal Swetti, Yussef Swetti, Mahmoud Kaneri, Khairia Fakhri and Ashraf Abu-Alheji.{{cite web|title=Arna's Children (2004)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408504/|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=23 November 2013}}{{cite news|last=DARGIS|first=MANOHLA|title=Young Voices From the Front Lines|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/movies/08ARNA.html?_r=0|work=The New York Times|date=8 October 2004 |accessdate=23 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=Arna's Children|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/arnas-children|publisher=metacritic.com|accessdate=23 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=Arna's Children (2003)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arnas_children/|publisher=rottentomatoes.com|accessdate=23 November 2013}}

The film won "Best Documentary Feature" in the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.