


Badrya is the family's pet sheep. She has been at the centre of their lives for 10 years now. She has special hairstyles, necklaces and is Hakima's special friend. She will not be sold or forced to leave them.
Abu Awad is the elder of the Najar family - father to Awad and grandfather to Eman and her siblings. He loves the land and his way of life as a Palestinian Bedouin.
Hakima is the grandmother and Awad's mother. She remembers fleeing Palestine in 1948 on a donkey and is still traumatised. She tenderly cares for her pet sheep, Badrya and to support her son to find a new home.
Awad is a father, son and husband who is struggling to survive as his family face displacement, balancing life lived between tradition and modernity. He adores his family and, despite working long hours, always has time to make them laugh.
Eman is Awad's eldest daughter. She was ten when filming started and we see her grow up into a politically aware teenager. She is always kind, thoughtful and respectful but feels the pain of the family's situation deeply.
Asmahan is the Director of Concrete Land. A Palestinian/Jordanian who became a filmmaker to tell this story. She met the Najars more than eight years ago and developed this story with them to document their disappearing way of life.
Ban is the writer, editor and producer of Concrete Land. A school friend of Asmahan her journey to making this remarkable debut film has been full of challenges. Her resilience, like the Najars' shines through.
Thank you for the €440 donations - given before we have officially launched this fundraising campaign. This gives hope to the Al-Najar family as they are being displaced from their home again this week with an eviction from a property developer is concreting over their site to build a huge resort and superhighway. 900 trees will be uprooted to make way for the development too.
- Sep 25, 2026, 11:10:13 AM
We are just starting this fundraising campaign to find a permanent home for the Najars. But since the film was first shown to audiences one generous benefactor has committed to fund Eman's education through university. Eman has just passed her final exams and we hope she will be enrolled soon.
- Aug 29, 2026, 9:56:24 PM
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