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All I Want for Christmas by Sama Alshaibi. Palestine/USA, 2007, 7 min, MiniDV, NY Premiere
During the Christmas season in the West Bank, Palestinians apply for permission papers to enter Israel. Their wish is to see the sea: the Dead Sea, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, all under Israeli control.
Shorts 2 - Tue, Nov 13, 2:00 P.M. Q&A with directors Sama Alshaibi, Faysal Soysal and Basma Al-Sharif
Filmmaker's Biography
Sama Alshaibi is Assistant Professor of Art in the Photography Department at the University of Arizona, Tucson, as well as cofounder of the 6+ women’s art collective. Born in Basra, Iraq, to an Iraqi father and Palestinian mother and now a naturalized U.S. citizen, Alshaibi’s recent work investigates “borderlands,” including her own hyphenated identity, as critical sites in both physical and psychological terms. A multimedia artist, Alshaibi’s photography, video and installations have been widely exhibited internationally, including in South Africa, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israel, Ireland, China, Jordan, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia and the United States. Her art and essays have recently appeared in Refuge & Rejection, Nueva Luz, Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies. Alshaibi received her M.F.A. from University of Colorado (Boulder) in photography, video and media arts (2005).
Credits
Cast: Amira Ibrahim, Fadi Mikheal, Suhair Owdah
Writer: Sama Alshaibi
Producer: Sama Alshaibi
Cinematographer: Sama Alshaibi
Editor: Sama Alshaibi
Sound: Sama Alshaibi
Music: Fairuz
Print Source
Sama Alshaibi
Email: samaraena@gmail.com
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