Najwa Mubarki

A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

A young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the filmmaker Mais Darwazah discovers his drawings and poems and feels drawn to Hourani's world— a universe outside space and time; a place of wonder, discovery, and freedom. Motivated by this kinship, Darwazah embarks on a journey to her homeland, Palestine: a place she has never known.

Em 1948, Hind Husseini transforma a casa do pai em um orfanato e escola para crianças palestinas. Anos mais tarde, uma adolescente chamada Miral, que cresceu no seio pacífico do instituto, vai para um campo de refugiados trabalhar como professora. Lá, ela se apaixona por um ativista político.

Em 1948, Hind Husseini transforma a casa do pai em um orfanato e escola para crianças palestinas. Anos mais tarde, uma adolescente chamada Miral, que cresceu no seio pacífico do instituto, vai para um campo de refugiados trabalhar como professora. Lá, ela se apaixona por um ativista político.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.