Basel Adra facts for kids
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Basel Adra
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| باسل عدرا | |
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Adra, Berlinale Dokumentarfilmpreis 2024
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| Born | June 13, 1996 At-Tuwani, Hebron Governorate, Palestine
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| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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| Organization | B'Tselem |
Basel Adra (born June 13, 1996) is a Palestinian filmmaker, lawyer, and journalist. He is known for showing how Palestinian villagers in the West Bank have faced challenges, including their homes being taken down and problems caused by settlers.
Adra helped write and direct the 2024 movie No Other Land. He worked with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and activists Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor. The film tells the story of the people in Masafer Yatta, where Adra grew up. It shows how Israeli forces have taken down homes and made families leave land they have lived on for many years. The film explains that this land was claimed for military training.
No Other Land was first shown at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. It won two important awards there: the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film and the Berlinale Documentary Film Award. In 2025, the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, which is a huge honor. This made Basel Adra the first Palestinian filmmaker to win an Oscar.
Basel Adra's Work
Basel Adra is an activist and a volunteer photographer for an organization called B'Tselem. He also works as a journalist for online news websites like +972 Magazine and Local Call. He often works with photojournalist Oren Ziv.
In 2022, Basel Adra was hurt while he was filming the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) taking down a building he had helped build. In 2023, he was held for a short time after he filmed an incident involving an Israeli army security person.
False Claims Against Adra
In 2021, some news groups in Israel, like HaKol HaYehudi and Channel 12, made claims against Basel Adra. They said he set fire to a building in the Hebron Hills and tried to blame others.
However, video from a body camera showed that the fire was actually started by a tear gas canister fired by the Israeli army. The video also showed Basel Adra trying to put out the fire. Since then, these news groups have not shown any proof for their claims against him.
No Other Land Film
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In February 2024, the film No Other Land was shown for the first time. This movie is about the situation in Masafer Yatta. Basel Adra co-wrote and co-directed it with Israelis Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, and Palestinian Hamdan Ballal.
The film won the Berlinale Best Documentary film award and the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. Later, in 2025, it won the Best Documentary Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Personal Life
Basel Adra was born in At-Tuwani, which is in the West Bank of Palestine. His father's name is Nasser. Basel Adra lives in Masafer Yatta. He got married in 2024 and has a daughter.
On February 3, 2025, Basel Adra was attacked by masked extremists in Masafer Yatta. On March 24, 2025, after Hamdan Ballal, who also directed No Other Land, was attacked, Adra said that these attacks might be "revenge" for making the movie.
See also
In Spanish: Basel Adra para niños
- Human rights violations against Palestinians by Israel
- Israeli apartheid
