My Name Is Ahmed (1967)

Release Date: 1967-01-02
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Country: Israel
Director: Avshalom Katz

In this docu-drama, feelings of alienation characterize the experience of an Israeli Arab youth who arrives in Tel Aviv from his village in the north to seek his fortune as a construction worker. In Tel Aviv the Arab workers try to camouflage their identity in order to avoid physical and verbal abuse.