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Ali Muasi, a literature teacher at a high school in Baqa al-Gharbiyye, a large Arab city in northern Israel, was dismissed in February by city authorities after screening the Palestinian movie “Omar,” which was on the 2014 shortlist of Oscar nominees for best foreign language film.
The movie, by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, relates the story of Omar, a Palestinian baker who falls in love with Nadia, his best friend’s sister. Omar and Tarek, his love’s brother, carry out a terror attack, murdering an Israeli soldier. When Omar is captured by the Shin Bet, he becomes a collaborator and is forced to choose between betraying his people and his homeland and his love for Nadia. The movie features some scenes with partial nudity.
