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The Syrian architect Mohamad Hafez received a one-way ticket to the United States. Missing his homeland, he decided to create a stand-in, sculpting life-like miniatures of the Damascus cityscape he had left behind. Using materials found in nature, thrift stores, flea markets and trash, Hafez creates miniature worlds that remind him of that home. After 9/11, he was unable to return to Syria and as an architecture student, he transformed his homesickness into creativity. This process has helped him to make peace with the separation from his family and homeland, and to remember what it is that makes all of us human no matter what trauma we have experienced or where we live. Winner of the International Documentary Association (IDA) Award for Best Documentary Short, "A Broken House" is among the most celebrated documentaries of 2022.