Director: Cherien Dabis
Cast: Alia Shawkat, Hiam Abbass, Jenna Kawar, Joseph Ziegler, Melkar Muallem, Nisreen Faour, Selena Haddad, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Synopsis:
Cast: Alia Shawkat, Hiam Abbass, Jenna Kawar, Joseph Ziegler, Melkar Muallem, Nisreen Faour, Selena Haddad, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Synopsis:
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois — just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America’s disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna’s sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.
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