Hanna Musleh

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Hanna Musleh is a Palestinian film maker and university professor.

Studies[edit]

Musleh was born in 1954 in Beit Jala to Wahbe and Nijmeh Musleh where he attended the Mennonite School. He studied at Leningrad State University in Russia for a degree in anthropology and Manchester University in England afterwards. Since 1980 he has worked as a professor at Bethlehem University teaching cultural studies, history, anthropology film appreciation, religion and philosophy where he remains with his Russian wife Lilia and their son Alexander.[1]

Filmography[edit]

  • Sahar’s Wedding (1991) - a wedding in Al-Khader, a small village outside of Bethlehem under Israeli occupation during the first Intifada.
  • International Centre of Bethlehem (ICB) debate TV show series - chronicles Palestinian self-determination, physically disabled Palestinians, Palestinian suffering, emotional Palestinian biographies, individual Palestinian despair, Palestinian elections, Palestinian health, Palestinian water deficiency
  • Cairo International Festival for Children’s Cinema - the life of Palestinian children who suffered permanent disabilities in the ongoing violence in the Holy Land: awarded with the Golden Award for a Short Film.
  • We are God’s Soldiers - two brothers, one supporting Fatah, the other Hamas
  • Palestinian Sign Language - Palestinian kids with special needs
  • I Am a Little Angel - Palestinian girls going through Israeli checkpoints
  • In the Spider’s Web
  • Walling In Walling Out: A Bethlehem Story.[2][3][4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Palestine-Family.net". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema - Page 192, Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard - 2010
  3. ^ Lawrence Davidson - 2013 Islamic Fundamentalism: An Introduction
  4. ^ A pictorial history of Ramallah - Page 235, Naseeb Shaheen - 1992