Between 1980 – 81 Malas shot a documentary film , '' al-Manam '' ( " The Dream " ) , about the Palestinians living in the refugee camps in Lebanon during the civil war . The film was composed of interviews with the refugees in which he asked them about their dreams . Filming took place between the Sabra , Shatila , Bourj el-Barajneh , Ain al-Hilweh and Rashidieh refugee camps . During filming Malas lived in the camps and conducted interviews with more than 400 people . However , the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982 , which claimed the lives of several people he interviewed , shocked Malas and he stopped working on the project . He finally returned to it after five years , and the film was released in 1987 . '' Al-Manam '' won first prize at the 1987 Cannes International Audio Visual Festival ( FIPA ) but was not widely distributed
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Mohammad Malas