Handala is the witness, with his back turned to the public because he is only looking towards Palestine. He will never grow up because he cannot grow up outside of Palestine. In a way he took Handala as a symbol of himself at the time he left Palestine. Handala rarely intervenes or acts but observes what is going on. I think most of the students do not feel any problem in identifying with Naji Ali.
Students are really into it.
If you watch the audience they are sinking into the pictures. By the time they reach the end they are really angry about where they are and what is happening. This is an emotional message, which tells people they deserve better. I think people are responding. He was threatened in Lebanon and Kuwait and finally assassinated in London in 1987.