Farah Nabulsi is a Palestinian British filmmaker and human rights advocate. She talks about directing a scene at the infamous Bethlehem Checkpoint 300 and working with Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri. She explains why she makes films meant to raise the global social conscience and why most people don't really know or understand what's really been going on in ... Show More
Aug 2020
Making Films With A Radical Purpose With Farah Nabulsi
Farah Nabulsi is a Palestinian director, writer, producer and human rights advocate. Farah’s life changed totally, after she visited Palestine and witnessed the everyday indignities that Palestinians endure. She decided to become a filmmaker and took it upon herself to shed light ... Show More
58m 58s
Jul 2024
Farah Nabulsi : Award winning filmmaker
<p>Topics covered : Resistance, solidarity, grief, finding purpose, empathy and selective empathy, creativity, racism, colonisation, injustice, double standards, hypocrisy, soft power. </p><br><p>This week I speak to Oscar nominated and BAFTA Award winning Palest ... Show More
56m 42s
Nov 2024
Farah Nabulsi: Challenging imbalance in value of human life
Stephen Sackur speaks to British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi. Her latest film, The Teacher, is set in the West Bank and invites audiences to see and feel the Palestinian experience in intimate, human and emotional detail; but is that possible in the post-October 7th clima ... Show More
22m 56s
Apr 2025
The Untold Stories of Palestine | Farah Nabulsi, Director of The Teacher & The Present
In this episode of Kawalis, we welcome Farah Nabulsi, the acclaimed director and writer behind films like "The Teacher" and the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated "The Present." Nabulsi shares her powerful journey from her career in finance to filmmaking, highlighting her profound ... Show More
1h 13m
Jan 2023
The Palestinian story of Farha
On today’s episode, Diana Buttu speaks with the award-winning Jordanian-of-Palestinian-origin, film director and writer, Darin Sallam. We speak to Sallam about her film, Farha, which recently made its debut on Netflix. The powerful film tells the story of the Nakba when Israeli m ... Show More
20m 6s
Jan 2025
The Liberation of Palestine is SCARING Them | Assala Sayara
<p>In a time where truth is overshadowed by trends and misinformation dominates the narrative, how do we stand firm in advocating for justice? In this episode, Assala Sayara sheds light on the global significance of the Palestinian cause, the challenges of staying true to your va ... Show More
52m 24s