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Amreeka is a 2009 independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith. Amreeka documents the lives of a Palestinian American family in both the West Bank and Post-9/11 suburban Chicago.
Nisreen Faour (Arabic: نسرين فاعور; born August 2, 1972) is a Israeli Arab actress, best known for her role as Muna in the 2009 American film, Amreeka.. Faour was born in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel, and moved to the United States to study theater and performance when she was 16.
Cherien Dabis (born 1976) [1] (Arabic: شيرين دعيبس) is a Palestinian American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter.She was named one of Variety magazine's 10 Directors to Watch in 2009, [2] and in 2010 received a United States Artists (USA) Fellowship. [3]
In her feature film work, Palestinian-American writer-director-actor Cherien Dabis has been telling intimately specific familial stories since “Amreeka” (2009). That was the filmmaker’s ...
Palestinian-American multi-hyphenate Cherien Dabis will soon be back in Sundance for the third time – after “May in the Summer” and “Amreeka” – with “All That’s Left of You,” a ...
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