Susan Youssef
Director
Habibi (2011)
Overview
Young lovers Qays and Layla are university students in the West Bank who hail from Khan Yunis in Gaza. He is pursuing a degree in literature and she in engineering, but they are forced to return home before completing their courses. In the more religious and traditional environment of Khan Yunis, their love story can continue only by marrying. Yet Qays, who is a construction worker living in a refugee camp, is too poor to convince Layla’s father that he can provide for his beloved daughter. As the couple struggles to be together, Qays paints verses from the classical poem Majnun Layla all over Khan Yunis, a rebellious act that angers Layla’s father and the local self-appointed moral police.52%
Cast
Maisa Abd Elhadi
Layla
Qais Nashif
Qays
Yosef Abu Wardeh
Al-Mahdi
Amer Khalil
Qays' Father
Jihad Al-Khattib
Walid
Basel Husseini
Hitham
Najwa Mubarki
Leyla's Mother
Suhell Nafar
Fisherman
Tamer Nafar
Fisherman
Feras Nour
Nawfal
Sami Said
Izz Edine
Maisa Abd Elhadi
Layla
Qais Nashif
Qays
Yosef Abu Wardeh
Al-Mahdi
Amer Khalil
Qays' Father
Jihad Al-Khattib
Walid
Basel Husseini
Hitham
Najwa Mubarki
Leyla's Mother
Suhell Nafar
Fisherman
Tamer Nafar
Fisherman
Feras Nour
Nawfal
Sami Said
Izz Edine
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Release Date
September 4, 2011Original Language
ArabicBudget
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