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Come join us for a special screening of the film Salma’s Home at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted by the Aga Khan Documentation Center in collaboration with the Center For Arabic Culture in Boston.

Discussion with director and writer Hanadi Elyan immediately following the film.

 

About the Film
SALMA’S HOME is set in Jordan and revolves around three women with distinct personalities. SALMA (Juliet Awad) is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman running a unprofitable home-based bakery, her daughter FARAH (Sameera Asir) is a young working mother with marital problems with husband Malek (Firas Taybeh). Their lives are disrupted by the death of Salma’s ex-husband. The funeral takes place at his current wife’s house, LAMIA (Rania Kurdi), an aspiring socialite who is obsessed with building her brand online. After the funeral, Uncle Emad (Waleed Jizawi) brings shocking facts to light leading to territorial clashes and finally forcing the three women to accept some harsh realities and take control of their lives.

 

Awards
Best Feature Film at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival
Narrative Feature Audience Award at Austin Film Festival

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