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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Fadia’s UK visa will expire on 30 May, two days before the premiere of her feature film at the British Film Institute in London. But her mind is elsewhere. She sees a pizza oven in a restaurant and wonders how it would fit the school she built in the Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon. “Because we cannot go out, I want to bring the world in.” This is Fadia, explains friend and filmmaker Sarah Beddington. “She can’t just have a pizza. She sees the pizza oven and says: ‘Yes! We could have it in this corner in the kindergarten. It’s so beautiful. We can make pizza for everyone.’ “I say, ‘y…