In his debut feature film, director Muhammad explores the inexorable dissolution of a family Read More »
Tag Archives: Syria
The Massacre of Kafr Kassem / Kafr kasem (1975) Borhane Alaouié, Abdallah Abbassi, Ahmad Ayub, Salim Sabri
This political drama takes place on the even of the 1956 Suez War, Israel imposed a curfew on Palestinians living under its rule. Read More »
The Night of the Jackal / Layali ibn awa (1989) Abdellatif Abdelhamid, Assaad Feddah, Najah Abdullah, Muhsen Ghazi
Syria, 1967, rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. Read More »
The Night / Al-lail (1992) Mohamed Malas, Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan Read More »
The Dupes AKA Al-makhdu’un (1972) Tewfik Saleh, Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala
Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. Read More »