DUBAI: If you want to understand what it means to be Lebanese, there may be no better prism to look through than the work of Georges Khabbaz. In the three decades Khabbaz has been active, he has been a pillar of Lebanon’s arts scene, the true king of the Lebanese stage. He has written, directed and starred in dozens of plays and television shows, chronicling nearly every
‘Perfect Strangers’ Director: Wissam Smayra Starring: Mona Zaki, Nadine Labaki, Georges Khabbaz The original Italian version of “Perfect Strangers” had already been remade across the world before its Arabic-language iteration was released on Netflix. But nowhere else has it caused the stir that it did in the Middle East. The conceit is simple: Seven friends at a dinner party
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DUBAI: Egyptian actor Mohamed Mamdouh on Sunday won best actor for his role in “Abu Saddam” at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. “Abu Saddam” was released in December 2021 and is directed by Egyptian filmmaker Nadine Khan. The film tells the story of an experienced truck driver, played by Mamdouh, who gets a transportation mission on Egypt’s North Coast Road after he
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