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Dr. Ramzi Salti Welcomes Arab Film Festival to Stanford
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2013Nov 9
Dr. Ramzi Salti welcomes The Arab Film Festival to Stanford for the first time on Nov 2, 2013 at 6:00pm and 8pm. Annenberg Auditorium, Crothers Way, Stanford University. Screenings sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and the Stanford Language Center. PROGRAM 6:00 pm When Monaliza Smiled, by Fadi Nader Haddad Trailer at    • لما ضحكت موناليزا When Monaliza Smiled -Of...   8:00 pm Mars at Sunrise, by Jessica Habbie (plus Q&A with Director) Trailer at http://vimeo.com/71063478 SYNOPSIS OF FILMS: 1) WHEN MONALIZA SMILED: Monaliza, a 37-year-old Jordanian woman unable to draw a smile, grew up with her grumpy, older, unmarried, agoraphobic sister, Afaf. After a 10 years wait, Monaliza finally gets a job in an archaic government department where she meets Hamdi, the jolly Egyptian tea guy. On her journey of transformation, Monaliza is confronted by a community of nosy and quirky stereotypes from the heart of the colorful city, Amman. 2) MARS AT SUNRISE: A painter's resistance, courage and spirit can never be imprisoned in this highly stylized story of the conflict of two frustrated artists on either side of Israel's militarized borders. Inspired by the creative journey of renowned Palestinian artist in exile Hani Zurob and on true stories and testimonies from the region, we witness expression, confinement, torture, jealousy, courage and freedom as both artists from each culture strive to paint a picture of life surrounded by conflict. The Festival for the Schools is a year-round series of special, FREE events for students and educators. It presents windows on the world that move students beyond the practice of learning about the Arab World. Instead, the films featured connect students to characters and situations that they can relate to and that help them to begin to learn from within the Arab World through the eyes and ears of cutting-edge contemporary filmmakers.

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