Broken Record (Qawana)
A poetic journey through Iraq in search of an Iraqi Turkman song recorded by the filmmaker's mother in 1960.
(75 min, 2013)
(75 min, 2013)
Aisha (Surviving)
Layered and impressionistic, Aisha melds fiction and nonfiction in a story about two women and a fantasy of an idealized East.
(16mm, 32 min/52 min, 2000)
(16mm, 32 min/52 min, 2000)
Atash (Thirst)
A story within a story, questioning the perception of Arab women.
(10 min, 16mm, 1995)
(10 min, 16mm, 1995)
Baghdaddiyat
3-channel installation commissioned by Arab Image Foundation, inspired by archival postcards from circa 1900 and created through personal archives filmed in Iraq 2009-2013. (on loop, 3-channel installation, 2019)
Rasta's Paradise
An exploration of Rastafarianism through music, performance, interviews and improvisation, filmed entirely in Ethiopia.
(50 min, 2009)
(50 min, 2009)