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Feb 7, 2018 · Spotlight on Lebanese Screenwriter Joelle Touma, Now a Rare Oscar Nominee from the Middle East! By FF2 Intern Farah S. Elattar.
Feb 7, 2018 · In the second installment of this article, we continue to explore the world created by Joelle Touma. In the two films we will look at, Touma sets her stories in Western locations and creates complex Middle Eastern characters that represent her desire for a peaceful union between both cultures.
4,757 Followers, 1,275 Following, 88 Posts - Joelle Touma (@joelletouma) on Instagram: "Social Media Manager"
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Joelle Touma is known for The Insult (2017), The Bureau (2015) and The Attack (2012).
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Doueiri and his screenwriting partner, Joelle Touma, who is also his wife, tried to come up with a possible motive for the woman’s terrorist act, and at one point considered making her bipolar.
The filmmaker and his co-writer, Joelle Touma, were going through a divorce while writing the film, which no doubt helped give a sharpness and energy to the confrontations between the characters Toni and Yasser, and between their respective lawyers.
Joëlle Touma started writing screenplays in 1998. At the time, she was also a TV host and an actress in Lebanon. She then became the Beirut correspondent for the French daily Libération and the Belgian daily Le Soir, also working as a fixer in Lebanon with several media outlets.
