I'm taking a short break from painting to share with you a project that my friend Susan Youssefis is working on: "Habibi Rasak Kharban" (My Darling, Something's Wrong With Your Head) is a digital feature film project that is a modern retelling of the famous, ancient Arabo-Islamic tragic romance "Majnun Layla." The narrative feature is the first to be made in Gaza in over 10 years.
The project goes into production this summer.
"Habibi" has been supported by Fulbright Outreach/Research Grants, Jerome Foundation Grant, New York State Council on the Arts, Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, Paul Robeson Fund, BKVB Fonds (Netherlands), Cinereach Grant, A.M. Qattan Foundation Residence Program, Rooftop Films Fund, and Women Make Movies Fiscal Sponsorship Program. It also won the Grand Prize of a Panasonic Digital Filmmaker Grant at Independent Film Week in New York.
Please visit her website and join me in supporting this project.
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