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Hiam Abbass, one of the most respected Palestinian actors of our age, tells Donald Clarkeabout her new movie The Lemon Tree, in which she gets into a dispute with a neighbour who happens to be the Israeli defence minister

IT'S A windy day in Edinburgh and Hiam Abbass, one of the most respected Palestinian actors of our age, is discussing her complicated upbringing.