克汉雷（Ali Suliman 饰）和萨德（Kais Nashif 饰）是一对从小一起长大的好朋友，这两个满腔热血的青年在特拉维夫某抵抗组织内接受了人肉炸弹的训练，而他们的父母亲人对这一切都无从得知。训练结束后，他们将在身上绑着隐蔽炸弹，穿越巴以边境去执行一项光荣且没有归途的任务……
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A teacher, a scholar, a philosopher, and an eyewitness to history, Sari Nusseibeh is one of our most urgent and articulate authorities on the conflict in the Middle East. From his time teaching side by side with Israelis at the Hebrew University through his appointment by Yasir Arafat to administer the Arab Jerusalem, he has held fast to the principles of freedom and equality for all, and his story dramatizes the consequences of war, partition, and terrorism as few other books have done. Once Upon a Country brings rare depth and compassion to the story of his country.