Between the Barricades
Featured • Drama, History, Independent, War
Nine-year-old Aya is too young to understand the politics of occupation but faces the restrictions of not being able to play outside anymore. One night soldiers raid Aya’s home, leaving her younger brother trembling behind their bedroom door. It is this night that Aya attempts to muster up the courage to face her monsters to liberate herself from the barricades that surround her.
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