Naila and the Uprising

[5][6] She later played a role in organising protests during the First Intifada and co-founded the Women’s Affairs Center in the Gaza Strip.

[8] Bacha has stated that she "didn’t actually launch the project wanting to make a feminist movie," but that the Intifada grew to the size it did "was because women played such a strong leadership role, and that emerged in the process of the research we conducted.

"[9] The The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the documentary as "by turns startling and dismaying," saying that it "paints an indelible picture of how, with many men deported or arrested, women stepped into the arena of political and social organizing, only to be told their role was over when Yasser Arafat returned from exile to form the Palestinian Authority in 1994 with a crew of all-male leaders.

"[10] Khelil Bouarrouj of the Institute for Palestine Studies has described the documentary as "the docudrama on Palestine for the MeToo movement," saying that the Palestinian women of the First Intifada "came damn close to victory until the boy's club led by the Old Man pushed aside the very women who embody Palestinian hope.

"[11] Jennifer Creery of the Hong Kong Free Press stated that the documentary "at times makes for uncomfortable viewing" and was "a harrowing story, beautified by intricate illustrations that depict a tale of bitter loss, resistance and unwavering hope.