Fault Lines follows the journey of a 13-year-old amputee from Gaza named Leyan as she seeks treatment in the United States.
Leyan Abu al-Atta, a 13-year-old girl from Gaza who lost her leg in an Israeli attack, is among thousands of children who have lost limbs in this war in what experts say is probably one of the most intense mass wars. disabling events that occur in children during our lives.
Fault lines follows Leyan’s journey as she travels to the United States for medical treatment in hopes of overcoming a spinal cord injury and walking again with prosthetic legs. Along the way, we witness Leyan’s perseverance, his family’s unwavering love in the wake of his life-changing injury, and an intimate portrait of what awaits Gaza’s child amputees.