Alam

Story

Synopsis

Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa’ joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn into her political activism. Together they join fellow classmate, Safwat, in an operation to covertly raise the Palestinian flag and peacefully disrupt the local celebrations planned for Israel’s Independence Day – otherwise known to Palestinians as a day of mourning and memorialization for their displacement 70 years prior. Unsure of his own political convictions, Tamer must quickly determine what matters to him and what price he is willing to pay for freedom.

Director

Firas Khoury

Writers

Firas Khoury

Language

Arabic

Country

France, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia

Release date

18 November 2022

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Mahmood Bakri

  Tamer

• 

  Sereen Khass

  Maysaa'

• Mohammad Karaki

  Shekel

• 

  Muhammad Abed Elrahman

  Safwat

• 

  Ahmad Zaghmouri

  Rida

• 

  Saleh Bakri

  Uncle Naji

• 

  Amer Hlehel

  Tamer's father

• Jaboor Kawn

  May

• Haithem Kokhon

  The headmaster's assistant

• Riyad Sliman

  Adel

• 

  Moez Toumi

  The headmaster