The Palestinian chef and storyteller comes from a family with centuries-old Sufi traditions rooted in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Mouallem adapted the film from a short story called “Cynthia” by Saeed Teebi, which appeared in His First Palestinian: And Other Stories.
The Voice of Hind Rajab received a 23-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
El Akkad is the author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
In Netflix’s Mo, characters deal with immigration, war, poverty and memories of Palestine.
By focusing on one Palestinian family, co-directors Elizabeth Vibert and Chen Wang give meaning to a macro tale of monumental significance.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
