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Habibti/ Three Veils

Habibti
Nour Wazzi
Short Film | United Kingdom | 2010 | 16 min.

Iman, a woman steeped in tradition, journeys to London to visit her estranged daughter Amira only to find her living with her artist boyfriend. Iman tries her best to bite her tongue but she has no idea how to handle Marlon and soon they end up clashing. As the dust settles an unlikely friendship develops between them, and we discover Iman's reasons for visiting are more than they seem.

Three Veils
Rolla Selbak
Feature Film | USA | 2011 | 117 min.

Set in the US, the lives of three Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. Leila is the stable "girl next door" anticipating what her wedding night will be like. Her sexy, free-spirited friend Nikki is the life of every party but she's hiding from a dark past. Amira is a shy, religious girl with a rigid, uncompromising mother. Conflicted, her strict upbringing clashes with her seemingly inexplicable desire to be around Nikki all the time. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film daringly tackles contemporary issues.