Rabia

Rabia is a woman who must blow herself up in order to exist. Ever so determined to complete her suicide mission, Rabia tricks Israeli soldiers, sneaks past checkpoints, and resorts to personal violence in order to achieve success. As we follow Rabia’s mission, from the moment she straps explosives to her bare body, we are exposed to flashbacks of Rabia’s past, filled with abuse, rejection, and struggle. By the time she steps onto a popular Israeli beach, awaiting to kill hundreds of innocent civilians in a massive explosion, we find ourselves asking whether Rabia’s act is one of evil or one of heroism?

Rabia is a story that is loosely based upon Palestine's first female suicide bomber, Wafa Idris. Idris blew herself up in February of 2002, with many female suicide bombers following in her path since then.