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Najwa Najjar’s first feature film, Pomegranates and Myrrh, shot in the Palestinian territories, is a beautiful love triangle set against the backdrop of occupation. Talented dancer Kamar (Yasmine Al Massri, Caramel) has just married the man of her dreams, Zaid (Ashraf Farah). Their honeymoon is short-lived, however, when he is arrested by Israeli forces after refusing to give up his land, which is being confiscated.

When Zaid is sent to prison, Kamar finds escape from her loneliness through dance classes with handsome choreographer Kais (Ali Suleiman, Paradise Now). Hailed as being the first truly Palestinian production, Najjar’s film is both a portrait of a strong woman as well as a look at the bittersweet reality of life under conflict. In a way, her feature, like her previous shorts, is Najjar’s own stand against the occupation — the conflict being only the frame to her picture.

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• Starring : Yasmine Al Massri, Ali Suleiman, Ashraf Farah, Hiam Abbass, Samia Quzmoz Bakri, Yousef Abu Wardeh
• Language: Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles
• Director: Najwa Najjar
• Screenwriter: Najwa Najjar

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