Community Appeal
As Israeli and Palestinian leaders resume negotiations about a viable two-state solution, does your community want to deepen its understanding of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict--through the stories of young Palestinian and Israeli women whose voices are rarely heard in the mainstream news media?  

Call to Action
The message of My So-Called Enemy is the transformative power of knowing "the other," or "the enemy," as a human being. Through the stories of the young Israeli, Palestinian and Palestinian Israeli women in the film, we see how creating relationships across emotional, idealogical and physical borders is a first step towards mutual understanding/resolving conflict. By watching My So-Called Enemy communities will see the complexities of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through a human lens - and the possibillity and hope that comes from listening to each other's stories. Conversations that you can model in your own community.

My So-Called-Enemy can help your community
•Promote community conversation about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
•Create the space for dialogue about inter-faith and inter-cultural issues in your community.

My So-Called Enemy Synopsis, 2010
Peace is for the politicians. I don’t like the word peace, and I stopped looking for it. I’m looking for… justice and understanding. Something that is more realistic for me.
Adi/Israeli 

There might be a reality which is cruel, which is occupation. But there is another reality of people hoping for something better. I want to put the thought out there that a woman can lead. All she needs is the right tools and the chance. And sometimes we make our own chances.  Rawan/Palestinian 

Some have lost friends and family members. All bear the psychological and emotional scars of living in a war zone. In July 2002, 22 Palestinian, Israeli and Palestinian Israeli teenage girls traveled to the United States to participate in a women's leadership program called Building Bridges for Peace. My So-Called Enemy is the story of 6 of the girls and how the transformative experience of knowing their "enemies" as human beings meets with the realities of their lives at home in the Middle East over the next 7 years.

Through the stories of Adi, Gal, Hanin, Inas, Rawan and Rezan, we see how creating relationships across emotional, ideological and physical borders is a first step towards resolving conflict. Because My So-Called Enemy is an emotional journey, it opens hearts and minds and creates the space for dialogue about not only the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but issues that divide us in our families, schools and communities. By watching My So-Called Enemy viewers will see the complexities of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through a human lens and the possibility and hope that comes from listening to each other's stories. The girls are the experts in My So-Called Enemy and their voices need to be heard, especially because they are young women.

Purchase Information
My So-Called Enemy is currently screening in film festivals across the United States and is not yet available for purchase. If you are interested in seeing the film, taking a group to a screening or organizing a screening of your own, click here for more information. You can follow My So-Called Enemy on Facebook by clicking here.