As Though She Were Sleeping

Meelya''s dreams are her refuge from events that threaten her or escape her understanding. She leaves her home in Lebanon to live in Nazareth with her Palestinian husband, but Mansour - an older man who fell for her beauty - is frustrated by her spiritual absence.

When Mansour''s brother''s death demands a move to Jaffa - the centre of early tensions between Jewish settlers and displaced Palestinia...