Najwa Mubarki

Tourné à Gaza, ce film est une adaptation moderne de l'histoire d'amour interdite entre le poète arabe du 7e siècle Qays ibn al-Mulawwah et sa bien-aimée Layla.

Années 80, à la veille des événements de Sabra et Chatila. La révolte gronde dans une prison israélienne, où sont détenues des prisonnières politiques palestiniennes. Layal, une jeune institutrice de Naplouse, vient d’arriver, condamnée à 8 ans de prison pour un attentat dans lequel elle n’est pas impliquée. Elle partage la cellule d’israéliennes condamnées pour droits communs et s’habitue progressivement à l’univers carcéral. Mais Layal découvre qu’elle est enceinte. Envers et contre tous, elle décide de garder l’enfant.

Jérusalem, 1948 : Alors qu'elle se rend à son travail, Hind, une jeune femme palestinienne, recueille un groupe d'enfants victimes d'une attaque israélienne. Ainsi naquit l'institut Dar Al Tifel, un pensionnat pour enfants palestiniens. En 1978, Miral, une fillette de 7 ans, est conduite par son père Jamal à l'institut après le suicide de sa mère. Les années passent et, à 17 ans, Miral se trouve à l'heure des choix : partagée entre la défense de la cause de son peuple par la force, et l'idée, inculquée par Hind, que l'éducation est la seule solution. Après "Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon", Julian Schnabel retrace l'histoire de femmes dont les destinées s'entrelacent sur trois générations, animées par une quête éperdue de justice, d'espoir et de réconciliation dans un monde assombri par les conflits, la fureur et la guerre. Miral est l'une d'entre elles.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.

Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the filmmaker Mais Darwazah discovers his drawings and poems and feels drawn to Hourani's world— a universe outside space and time; a place of wonder, discovery, and freedom. Motivated by this kinship, Darwazah embarks on a journey to her homeland, Palestine: a place she has never known.