I hope you will join me next Wednesday 11/19 for a screening of WAJIB (2017) by Annemarie Jacir as part of the Cinema Arabiyya series at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social! Select the "donation+ ticket" option to help us raise money for The Sameer Project. nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg...

My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program, FOLKLORE & FAIRYTALES, starts on Halloween! A selection of unusual, beautiful, and often haunting tales from across the globe features stories that have been passed down through generations—or at least feel as though they have. www.bam.org/film/2025/fo...

In honor of the recently restored works by groundbreaking filmmakers Heiny Srour and Jocelyne Saab, I've put together a selection of films directed by Lebanese women during and after the Civil War. Screening Oct 17-23 at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social! Tix: www.bam.org/film/2025/le...

My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program CLASSROOM REBELS runs from 9/26-10/2! As the first month back to school comes to a close, we explore stories of teenage students who push back against the status quo.

Info & tix available at www.bam.org/film/2025/cl...

Join me on 9/9 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social Prospect for FEATHERS by Omar El Zohairy, an Egyptian dark social satire where an authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken during a child's birthday party. This event benefits Asiyah Women's Center. nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...

My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program is live and entitled SUMMERS OF CHANGE. This sun-drenched series finds characters trying their best to surf massive waves of summertime change. Escape the oppressive heat in Brooklyn’s coolest cinemas Aug 22-28 😎 www.bam.org/film/2025/su...

I'd also love to encourage you to come out to the next screening in my Cinema Arabiyya series at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social. July 24th, we will be screening another 00's nostalgia film, this time from Lebanon called BOSTA! nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg...