In the Golan Heights, her people have been marginalized, persecuted and brutalized. She just wants to play hockey.
According to reporting by The Forward, The documentary On Thin Ice recounts the complicated lives and often contradictory experiences of the Syrian Druze community living in the Golan Heights, which was annexed by Israel in 1981. An estimated 25,000 Druze live in a handful of hardscrabble villages.
In the Golan Heights, her people have been marginalized, persecuted and brutalized. She just wants to play hockey.: Official reporting from the The Forward confirms active developments in United States. Americans in affected communities should review primary guidance and follow verified bulletins.
“In the Golan Heights, her people have been marginalized, persecuted and brutalized. She just wants to play hockey.: Official reporting from the The Forward confirms active developments in United States. Americans in affected communities should review primary guidance and follow verified bulletins.”
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According to reporting by The Forward, The documentary On Thin Ice recounts the complicated lives and often contradictory experiences of the Syrian Druze community living in the Golan Heights, which was annexed by Israel in 1981. An estimated 25,000 Druze live in a handful of hardscrabble villages.
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In the documentary ‘On Thin Ice,’ Aya is a 19-year-old Druze ice hockey player who desperately wants to join Israel’s all-woman ice hockey team. Courtesy of Other Israel Film Festival
The documentary On Thin Ice recounts the complicated lives and often contradictory experiences of the Syrian Druze community living in the Golan Heights, which was annexed by Israel in 1981.
An estimated 25,000 Druze live in a handful of hardscrabble villages flanked by mountains and long stretches of desert. They are not Muslim, they identify as Syrians, and have a long history of being marginalized, persecuted, if not brutalized by radical Jihadists.
Set in Majdal Shams, the film centers, at least initially, on Aya, a 19-year-old Druze ice hockey player who desperately wants to join Israel’s all-woman ice hockey team, its first. She is qualified and the coaches want her on board. However, to compete internationally she needs an Israeli passport, which means she’ll self-identify as Israeli and will be called to serve in the IDF, an idea she is more than open to.
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