Follow up post to OMAR : My interpretation..

Hey guys and girls! 

So I'm back and as promised this post will be about my interpretation of what I think really happened in the film OMAR.

So here goes : 

At the beginning of the film the audience is given a slight idea that Amjad may have feelings for Nadia, but from close observation Amjad must have known Omar and Nadia were together. I believe Amjad was the traitor all along!  When Agent Rami said he knew everything, I'm quite sure he was getting this "everything" from Amjad. Amjad working as an informant could have been the reason he was so hesitant to shoot the Israeli soldier in the beginning. Also while Omar was in prison, Agent Rami filled Omar's head with the idea that Nadia was keeping secrets. I honestly think poor Nadia had no secrets, she was never even pregnant for Amjad, or else it would have been the very first thing she would have apologized to Omar about when she spoke to him for the first time in over two years and remember, she did say the baby was not premature. She kept saying she knew he was angry with her for doubting that he was loyal to his country and his cause..so all this time, that's why this poor girl thought he wanted nothing to do with her. Their living situation is nothing like ours, she can't just pick up the phone and call him and ask why he's angry, the only way they can communicate is when Omar climbs over the wall, which he did not do for two years. And she did try to communicate via a letter to Omar, but he refused to take the letter because he thought she had betrayed him. So feeling as though Omar wanted nothing to do with her, Nadia accepted Amjad's proposal. 

Therefore plotting all of this between Omar and Nadia were easy to accomplish for Agent Rami and Amjad. I really do believe Amjad and Agent Rami were in cahoots all along and planned everything, with killing Tarek being the finale of their great scheme. Amjad therefore fulfilled his part as a spy, proved his loyalty to Agent Rami by killing Tarek and even got the girl for himself.

I do believe that this film definitely kept with the whole Romeo and Juliet idea, where Omar and Nadia were unfortunately star-crossed. Yes the audience knew they were doomed from the start, but you could not help but hope that they would somehow and someday get their happy ending. Concerning the end of the film where Omar kills Rami, I highly doubt Omar's going to get away with it as there were two other Israeli soldiers on the scene. Omar will probably be killed by the Israeli soldiers or thrown back in jail a third time and maybe this time forever. Such a sad ending, really and truly unfortunate; but this is the reality of what people in these regions go through behind those tall, threatening walls. 

It seems that everyone betrays Omar and on either side of the wall there was no one he could really put his trust in. The separation wall makes the important aspects of life, like intimacy, connection, loyalty and love impossible, thus making it easy for betrayal to take root and cause havoc. In war-torn environments, betrayal is a necessity and with Omar having such an innocent, open, kind and loving personality, although these qualities make him a great person, they make him an easy target for people like Agent Rami to use and abuse. 

For those of you who read my post on the film "BELLE", there is a certain quote I heard in that film that stuck in my mind and when I was looking at "OMAR" this quote seemed so relevant. Its a quote that was said by Lord Mansfield to John Davinier, which says, "The world is a devastating place, you must learn to protect your emotions if you wish to prevent matters of law and love from devastating you." It is of my opinion that this particular quote fits in so well with OMAR, as OMAR shows us that the world is indeed a highly destructive place and to prevent issues of betrayal, one must tightly guard and secure their emotions so that they don't end up in the same disastrous situation that the character Omar was unfortunately left in.

Director Hany Abu-Assad did a phenomenal job in showing us how oppressed the Palestinians are, the fine line existing between love and politics for people living in these war-torn atmospheres, how much more than physical separation the wall brings forth and the ceaseless and unnecessary suffering that is brought about by all of this. It hurts my heart to see so much death and destruction, we really do need more love in this world! This film was definitely an eye-opener for me and really impacted my thoughts on this whole Palestine and Israel situation.

Leave a comment below and let me know how this film affected your view of this never ending war between Palestine and Israel.

For those of you who have not yet read my post on the film Belle, click on the link below and it will take you to the post http://steffyr7.blogspot.com/2014/10/belle.html

Thanks for reading!