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Graciela is a 37-year-old Argentinian woman of Lebanese descent living in Buenos Aires. Before her great-aunt died, she told Graciela a family secret.
"Her father [Mohammed], Lebanese by birth, did not die in Argentina. He left his family and returned to Lebanon. Angry at his departure, his wife and children cut off communication with him," Graciela explains.
One of the last things they heard of Mohammed is that he married again and might have had more children in Lebanon.
"My great-aunt gave me a box with letters and photos that she had kept .... Some had never been read. Somebody once said that a letter always arrives at its destination," Graciela says.
"When I saw the letters, I felt they had been left as a legacy. And I wanted to know more about my family history. Who was Mohammed? Why did he come to live in Argentina? Why did he return to Lebanon? Are there any relatives of mine on the other side of the world?"
Graciela decided to look further into Mohammed's life and started to retrace his story - from his initial arrival in Buenos Aires and his life in Argentina as an immigrant, to his return to Lebanon.
"I discovered Arab immigrants to Argentina were not as welcome as Europeans. Arab immigration was large, but discreet, because it has always faced intolerance and discrimination," she says.
In search of Mohammed's Lebanese family and in order to learn details of Mohammed's life and her own roots, she travels to Lebanon to trace the threads of a personal story that unfolds as she delves deeper into her family's past and a different culture.
And finally, after 50 years of separation, she is the catalyst for two families from two different worlds to reunite.
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Hermosa la historia de mi familia! Gracias por compartir la historia de nuestra familia, ya vamos a ir a conocer con Leo y mi mamá!!!
CUANTA EMOCION , ES UN POCO LA HISTORIA DE CADA FAMILIA ARABE QUE LLEGO A ESTE PAIS. EXELENTE DOCUMENTAL
I'm crying now, I am happy that you can found your family & discovered your Arab blood
I'm from your original hometown, Kafr Kila. Your story is inspiring!
Only Al Jazeera is able to do a report like this. My God this is such a compeling story!!! Chers from Brazil
This is so beautiful! I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel going through such an experience. I'm glad that she found her family
Que documental interesante, viajamos con Grace al encuentro de esa familia desconocida en un pais tan lejano, cultural y geogràficamente de Argentina. Muy emotivo!
bellisima historia! imposible evitar el lagrimon, Graciela tu historia de familia, es la historia de cada familia de inmigrante libanés, que llegó a Argentina, dejándonos muchas preguntas y tan pocos o ningún dato...
Un video muy emotivo, entendí ahora ese refrán " la sangre tira "... Una historia muy bonita.... Me dieron ganas de ir al 🇱🇧.
Beautiful. Absolutely genuine and heartwarming documentary.
I have returned with my family to my homeland after living in another country, America, for 24 years. There is no place like home! To come back is like being reborn.
I loved this documentary because I can relate to i. My great grand father left Lebanon during same period and never returned. He married an Argentinian woman and had 5 children. He left behind my great grandmother and his only son, my grandfather. My great grandfather exchanged letters with my grandfather and his half siblings for many until the late 70’s when my grand father past away. I would love to connect with them.
Qué emocionante!!! Bravo Graciela, ha sido una experiencia muy profunda!
I've been looking for this doc, very emotional, great stuff. :-)
This a beautiful human story. Many people from all over the world move to other countries for a better life for themselves and their family because they have to. Then there is guilt and pain of leaving your family and homeland. The wanting of going back to your homeland is always there.
One day I want to do the same. But my family, Salomão Elias, christian maronite came from Fourzoil, Zahle to Felixlândia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil before the 1th war probally beteween 1906 to 1909. Un abrazo desde Brasil
@buhiuohui686
4 жыл бұрын
Tiago Nagib good luck zahle is a beautiful city
Bellisima pelicula... Bellisima y emocionante historia familiar... Transmite cada una de las emociones y vivencias a lo mas profundo del espectador sea de la religión que sea... hace vibrar lo mas intimo del corazón... BELLISIMO!!!!
Emocionante, yo quiero conocer Líbano en algún momento, mis abuelos paternos son de ahí.
Muy Bonita Historia Felicidades.
@myrnateran1562
9 ай бұрын
Yo sueño con ir a Líbano al pueblo de mi abuelo.
I love this film. so amazing. so beautiful. makes me want to visit libano,
OMG, I also have family in two continents. This is very emotional. It reminds me when I've got to meet my family in Italy for the first time. It is indescribable. But even more to bring my mother to the place where her grandparents were born, they never managed to return to Italy.
And this is why family is important, never lose the connection.
realmente maravillosa historia y un muy lindo documental, lo e visto en la tele hoy, y lo busque en este medio para verlo otra ves,
My great grandfather and family were from jdeidet marjayoun just north of the kfar kila village. My great grandfather never returned to lebanon once expating from the US to mexico.
Conmovedora historia, real. Que bueno que ella pudo encontrar su otra mitad.
MARAVILLOSO DOCUMENTAL!
Great documentary.
Gracias por tan lindos recuerdos, soy nieta de Emilio Ali (Hermano de Leonor) Marcela Ali.
im literally heartbroken and teary watching this, can feel it..my story deeply buried in Beirut .Its so true what he said here about the sun and the rays and how Arab blood watches over its own, love their origins,they may be far away but they never forget
very heart touching
Que lindo volver a ver a la tia abuela Leonor! Soy la hija de Ada la hija de Peguy. Como las extraño!
Am emotionally overwhelmed
me encanto!! Paula Echarte
So emotional
just beautifull
Muy lindo
Tatara abuelo :D
Amazing documentary, I am for so happy for you. if I were in your shoes I would do the same. from Tripoli - Lebanon with love
What Is The Song At The End When She Is At The Cemetary
YO QUIERO SABER SOBRE MI ABUELO ALBERTO NASRALA QUE VINO EN UN BARCO EN ESA EPOCA Y DE BS AS, FUE A MENDOZA Y DE AHI A SAN JUAN, NO TENGO MUCHA INFORMACION SOBRE ÉL Y MURIÓ JOVEN
Allah knows best.
hola me llamo Emilio Alberto Ali hijo de emilio ali hermano de Zenona, Leonor, Pegui. doy gracias a Dios por que a traves de tu vida Dios me contesto una peticion de mi corazon que era conocer el lugar de origen de mi abuelo gracias espero pronto conocerte Dios te bendiga
mi bis abuelo era Fortunato Tobias en arabe era Azzam o azzim Bhari casada bis abuela Jazmin. no se nombre tenian Libano contado vinieron a la Argentina los 15 años creo tubieron 15 hijos.
27:23, muy buena autopropaganda
One of the richest man in the world is a Lebanese Maronite Christian from Mexico City.
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