Art as a weapon: Leila Khaled, from teenage idol to reality
[Episode 47]
In the Seventies Palestinian Leila Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking and a one of four simulataneous hicjackings the following year as part of the Black September group. In 2005 a Swedish filmaker of Palestinian origins, Lina Makboul, meets her former teenage idol by making a documentary about a complex woman who has been considered a freedom-fighter from many as well as a terrorist from many others. Through archive footage, interviews and personal insight she tells the story of the Arab-Israel conflict through the life of the first woman activist of the PLO, nowadays still claiming: “I am proud of what I have done. If I could go back I would do the same again” .
Guest of the show: Lina Makboul , Swedish film-maker of Leila Khaled Hijacker
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