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Amreeka is a 2009 independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith. Amreeka documents the lives of a Palestinian American family in both the West Bank and Post-9/11 suburban Chicago.
Jun 17, 2009 · Amreeka: Directed by Cherien Dabis. With Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat. A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.
Amreeka (2009) Drama, 1h 36m. When a Palestinian single mom and her teenage son immigrate to small-town Illinois during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, they face racism, discrimination and unemployment in their adopted homeland.
Amreeka (Dabis, 2009) is the story of a mother, Muna, and her son, Fadi, and their transition from Palestine to America in the early 2000s. Muna, who is recently divorced, is a well educated woman who works hard to make sure she can send her son to a private school.
Sep 16, 2009 · "Amreeka" isn't a story of American prejudice, but of American reality, the good and the bad. When Fadi is bullied, fights back and is called into the principal's office, his mother sheds her White Castle uniform and hurries to the school, deeply concerned.
Sep 3, 2009 · “Amreeka,” which is set in 2003 at the outset of the American-led invasion of Iraq, is inspired by the experiences of Ms. Dabis, a Palestinian-Jordanian who grew up in Ohio and in Jordan and ...
Sep 7, 2009 · Amreeka is the Arabic word for America. The movie of that title — a success at Sundance, and winner of the coveted critics' prize at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes — opens on the West Bank ...
