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Her parents fled Mexico and Mandatory Palestine, taking their traumas with them

JL;DR SUMMARY "Traces of Home," a documentary by Colette Ghunim, explores the inherited trauma of displacement experienced by her parents: her father, Hosni, was expelled from Safed, Mandatory Palestine in 1948, while her mother, Iza, fled Mexico City. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictPalestineInheritanceDocumentaryTraumaCultural IdentityMexico CityDisplacementSafedEmotional Legacy

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Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
"Ghunims mother Iza left Mexico City as a child to escape her abusive father."

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