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Filmmaker Oualid Mouaness [Movie Night]
Aug
31

Filmmaker Oualid Mouaness [Movie Night]

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Join us as we interview Oualid Mouaness, film director of 1982; During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon at an idyllic Quaker school in the mountains above Beirut, 11-year-old Wissam is relentless in his quest to profess his love to a girl in his class while his teachers, on different sides of the political divide, try to mask their fears.

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Visual Artist and Filmmaker Lamia Joreige [afikra Conversations]
Oct
27

Visual Artist and Filmmaker Lamia Joreige [afikra Conversations]

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Join us for an online conversation with visual artist, filmmaker, and co-founder of Beirut Art Center Lamia Joreige to discuss her career in art and film and how she portrays history through narration. Lamia, rooted in her country’s experience, explores the possibilities of representing the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.

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