“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones. experiment of turning 'travelogue' into essayistic love tales. lyrical collage, sound serves as image while image as sound. wish their faces were never shown