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"Palestinian cinema is a cause": an interview with Hany Abu-Assad
Sabah Haider, The Electronic Intifada, Mar 9, 2010

Nazareth-born filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad is best known internationally for his 2005 film Paradise Now about two young, attractive Palestinian men from Nablus in the occupied West Bank who are drawn into a suicide bombing mission in Tel Aviv. It was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. [Read the full article]

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