Like any cinema lover, I have been following the fortunes of Kaouther Ben Hania’s film "The Voice of Hind Rajab" since it premiered in Venice in September. I watched Ben Hania’s "Four Daughters" in 2023 and was impressed by her ability to mix documentary and feature film in a way that makes one question the border between reality and representation. I assumed she had done a similar job with "The Voice of Hind Rajab," but of course, everyone was interested in the emotional content of the film and I just couldn’t bring myself to watch it.
I had my first opportunity at the London Film Festival, where, looking for the theater where the film I had tickets for was showing, I almost stumbled into the one where it was showing. Standing at the entrance, I could see the screen through the glass frames on the door.
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