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Muayad Alayan on His Jerusalem-Set Drama ‘Conversation With the Sea’:’You Cannot Avoid the Almost Two Million Palestinians Living in Israel’
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Jerusalem-based director Muayad Alayan’s drama “Conversation With the Sea,” about an elderly Palestinian man who is suddenly ordered by an Israeli court to pay a large social security debt pertaining to a long deceased son, will soon get its Middle East launch at the Doha Film Fe
Jerusalem-based director Muayad Alayan’s drama “Conversation With the Sea,” about an elderly Palestinian man who is suddenly ordered by an Israeli court to pay a large social security debt pertaining to a long deceased son, will soon get its Middle East launch at the Doha Film Festival. After playing positively in Venice and Toronto, “Conversation […]
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