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Kuwait Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Kuwait Times
Hadid sister helps launch Palestinian film streaming site
(From left) Bella Hadid, Anwar Hadid, Marielle Hadid and Alana Hadid attend Joe's Jeans and Bella Hadid celebration for the launch of the 2016 Joe's Jeans campaign at Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California. Alana Hadid, the older sister of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid, has helped set up a new film streaming platform to bring Palestinian perspectives to a global audience, its founders confirmed Thursday. Watermelon+ was launched at the Cannes film festival as more than 100 people were killed in a Zionist strikes on Gaza on Thursday. At least 80 died on Wednesday. 'Unless we get (Palestinian) voices out there, nothing's going to change,' said Badie Ali, one of two US-born Palestinian brothers who founded the website, where Hadid is creative director. A model and activist, her father, property developer Mohamed Anwar Hadid, is Palestinian. Showing 'neglected or silenced' Palestinian perspectives was particularly important in the United States, an ally of Zionist entity, Ali insisted. Alana Hadid attends the Badgley Mischka collection during, New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 1, Skylight Clarkson Sq on February 14, 2017 in New York City. --AFP photos The platform offers around 60 films, including several set in Gaza. They span from Emmy-awarded documentary 'Five Broken Cameras' to 'The Wanted 18', a comic true story about West Bank villagers hiding cows inside their houses from Zionist troops during the First Intifada. Co-founder Hamza Ali said the aim was to humanize Palestinians. 'It's dehumanization and erasure that contribute to the politics,' he said. 'We're more than our suffering. We're a warm, hospitable, creative, funny people.' Zionist bombardment has killed more than 53,000 people in Gaza.--AFP
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hadid sister helps launch Palestinian film streaming site
Alana Hadid, the older sister of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid, has helped set up a new film streaming platform to bring Palestinian perspectives to a global audience, its founders confirmed Thursday. Watermelon+ was launched at the Cannes film festival as more than 100 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Thursday. At least 80 died on Wednesday. "Unless we get (Palestinian) voices out there, nothing's going to change," said Badie Ali, one of two US-born Palestinian brothers who founded the website, where Hadid is creative director. A model and activist, her father, property developer Mohamed Anwar Hadid, is Palestinian. Showing "neglected or silenced" Palestinian perspectives was particularly important in the United States, an ally of Israel, Ali insisted. The platform offers around 60 films, including several set in Gaza. They span from Emmy-awarded documentary "Five Broken Cameras" to "The Wanted 18", a comic true story about West Bank villagers hiding cows inside their houses from Israeli troops during the First Intifada. Co-founder Hamza Ali said the aim was to humanise Palestinians. "It's dehumanisation and erasure that contribute to the politics," he said. "We're more than our suffering. We're a warm, hospitable, creative, funny people." Israeli bombardment has killed more than 53,000 people in Gaza, according to the besieged Hamas-run territory's health ministry, and an aid blockade also threatens famine. Israeli leaders have expressed a desire to empty the territory of its more than two million inhabitants as part of the war sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The unprecedented assault resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted the United States to "take" Gaza and turn it into a "freedom zone". Earlier this year, he said he wanted to transform it into the "Riviera of the Middle East". ah/fg/sbk
Middle East Eye
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Middle East Eye
Alana Hadid speaks to MEE at the screening of 'The Encampments' a documentary she served as creative director for
Middle East Eye interviews Alana Hadid at the screening of The Encampments, a documentary she served as creative director for in collaboration with Watermelons Pictures. As a key contributor to the film, Hadid discussed its significance, the expanding pro-Palestinian solidarity movement, and the crucial role of storytelling in encouraging student activism. Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage and analysis of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. To learn more about republishing this content and the associated fees, please fill out this form . More about MEE can be found here .
