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I Still Hide to Smoke 2016 Fatima, a strong minded woman, is the lead masseuse of a hammam in Algiers This is 1995 and the situation is tense in the capital The day ahead promises to be hectic for all, and for Fatima in particular Already, while walking to her place of work, she is the distant witne

Free Zone 2005 Rebecca, a young American lady who has been living in Jerusalem for a while, suddenly breaks off her engagement with Julio, her Israeli fiance In a state of emotional shock she gets into a taxi and asks the diver to take her anywhere she likes but away from the place where she broke u

In Vitro 2019 In Vitro is an otherworldly rumination on memory, history, place and identity Set in Bethlehem decades after an ecological disaster, the dying founder of a subterranean orchard is engaged in a dialogue with her young successor, who was born underground and has never seen the town shes

De guerre lasse 2014 Alex, son of a leader of the Algerians in Marseilles, has a series of confrontations with the Corsican mafia after his stint in the French Foreign Legion

Rock the Casbah (2013) The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for her father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.

Peace After Marriage (2013) A sexually frustrated Palestinian-American agrees to marry an Israeli woman for a Green Card, triggering a war at home with his parents, who will stop at nothing to divorce him from his new wife.

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2010) An aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.

Miral (2010) A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.