Wadi Rum

Set in the expansive landscape of Jordan’s distinctive national park, “Wadi Rum” documents the unlikely story of two Israeli climbers, an affable Bedouin Muslim, and a professional American climber as they work together to complete a climbing route up Wadi Rums’ largest rock formation. Three years ago, Israeli climbers Eliav (Eli) Nissan and Elad Omer began working on the ‘Sultan El-Mujahidin,’ in an effort to re-introduce this area back into the modern climbing community.

My take

A quietly powerful documentary about unlikely partnerships and cultural bridges formed on a desert cliff face. Watch this when you want to believe in humanity's capacity to connect across divides—it's meditative, inspiring, and grounded in real stakes.

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