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Palestinian actor to miss Oscars over Trump travel ban

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The Independent UK · Mar 13

Star of Oscar-nominated film says he’s unable to attend ceremony because of Trump’s travel ban

‘You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice,’ Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said

The Independent UK · Mar 13

Giant portrait of Gaza girl Hind Rajab appears on beach ahead of Oscars

The 5-year-old is the focus of The Voice of Hind Rajab, which has been nominated for best international film

The Independent UK · Mar 13

Wall of Tears: 50ft Brooklyn mural pays tribute to children killed in Gaza

Installation remembers the names of over 18,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza between October 2023 and July 2025

The Guardian - US · Jan 30

Dozens of artists call for end to Israel’s ‘systematic attacks’ on Gaza hospitals

Actors, doctors and human rights leaders sign letter calling for restoration of medical care to ‘collapsed’ system

The Guardian - US · Jan 12

‘It felt like she was asking me to save her’: the film based on a five-year-old Palestinian girl’s dying pleas

The Voice of Hind Rajab has stunned audiences with its use of the real-life audio of a girl’s call for help after her family’s car was attacked by an Israeli tank in Gaza. Its director explains why she had to tell Hind’s tragic story

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026

Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1

'The Voice of Hind Rajab': Blending documentary and fiction to portray the war in Gaza

How can filmmakers tell the horrors of the war in Gaza without distorting reality? With 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', director Kaouther Ben Hania offers an answer, halfway between documentary and fiction.

Euronews · Dec 5, 2025

How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on a recording of a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza, calling the Palestinian Red Crescent for help. RFI spoke to the director about why it was so important to her to make this film, which was…

Radio France Internationale · Nov 29, 2025

The Voice of Hind Rajab LFF review: an utterly devastating human story from Gaza’s front line

5/5 The tragedy of five-year-old Hind Rajab is retold in one of this year’s only truly essential pieces of film-making

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025