Join us for inspiring films from and about the Arab world.
Enjoy an evening that sometimes includes an optional light dinner (available for purchase; reservations appreciated), followed by a film screening and discussion. Films are shown in Arabic, French, or both, with English subtitles.
Most screenings are free, though donations or an admission fee may occasionally be requested to help cover costs.
Friday, October 23: A Sad & Beautiful World
- 7:30 – MOVIE (free)
- 7 PM – Dinner
(optional, $15)- Please reserve by 10/22 at 12pm
- Menu: Mezze (a vibrant spread of small, shareable hot and cold dishes served before or in place of a main meal): Lentil Soup, Tabbouleh, Spicy Potatoes, Babaganouj, Dessert
Lebanon (2025), Drama, 1h 50 min
Winner of the Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival and selected as Lebanon’s Official Entry for the 98th Academy Awards, A Sad and Beautiful World spans decades of love, heartbreak, and hope. The film follows childhood sweethearts Nino and Yasmina as they find their way back to each other against the backdrop of a changing Lebanon. As they navigate family, identity, and the question of whether to stay or leave the country they call home, their relationship becomes a reflection of Lebanon itself.
Sunday, December 6: A State of Passion
- 3:00 PM – MOVIE (free)
- 2:15 PM – Lunch
(optional, $15)- Menu: Musakhan (sumac-spiced chicken rolls with onions caramelized in olive oil), Salad, Dessert
- Please reserve by 11/7 at 12pm
- Live Q&A with film directors via ZOOM after the screening
Palestine (2024), Documentary, 1h 30 min
A feature-length documentary film by Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi.
After the start of the war on Gaza and 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.
With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, Ghassan Abu Sittah was a first-hand witness to medicide. He spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medical and health services as an Israeli weapon of war.
This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.
Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, share that same passion. They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions, they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, and Kuwait, they and he explore their common State of Passion.
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