Overview

The Well is a love story between two teens who had never spoken until their wedding day. When Omar, the night of the wedding, lifts the veils that cover his bride's face with a sword, she is terrified; but he is gentle, kind, and considerate. Thus begins the story of Omar and Nijmeh. It will carry them through the terrifying days of the nakbe- the catastrophe of a people displaced from all they know- adjustment to exile, to a refugee camp, and ultimately to life under military occupation.Sewn into the tapestry of their life will be the cat-and-mouse game of occupier and occupied, imprisonment, tragic death and heartache. There is compromise of principles. There is immovable faith, and there is also inexplicable joy. It is a story based on the reality of what it meant to be Palestinian doing those turbulent years of 1947-1987.