Haifa Film Festival: Nations do not got to the movies; they go to war The city of Haifa is home to famous writers, intellectuals and filmmakers proponent of Jewish Arab co-existence, such as the renowned Arab Israeli author Emile Habibi, who created the emblematic arab-language newspaper Al Itihad, Sami Michael, the iraqi-born writer, former communist activist and acclaimed author of “Trumped in the Wadi” , or renowned film-maker Amos Gitaï. The city hosts also the Haifa International Film Festival, committed to mutual understanding by promoting Palestinian film directors. This year, it took place with the Lebanese and Palestinian wars in the background. 2006-12-05