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Haifaa Al Mansour
Haifaa al-Mansour ( ar, هيفاء المنصور ''Hayfā’a al-Manṣūr''; born 10 August 1974), is a Saudi Arabian film director. She is one of the country's best-known and most controversial directors, and the first female Saudi filmmaker.Joan Dupont. Saudi filmmakers come out of the shadows. International Herald Tribune, 14 December 2006 . Early life and education Haifaa is the eighth (out of twelve) children of the poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, who introduced her to films by video, there being no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia between 1983 and 2018.Danna Harman. Middle Eastern Female Filmmakers Give Glimpse of Once-Veiled Worlds March 10, 2008. Christian Science Monitor/Alternet. One of her favourite actors was Jackie Chan. She is from Al Zulfi but grew up in Al-Hasa. Although her town was conservative, her father would go to a Blockbuster and grab any films that were available and bring them back home for their large family to enjoy together. Since cinema was banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Zulfi
Az Zulfi (also Zulfi, Zulfy City or Al Zulfi or Az Zilfi) is a city in Riyadh Province in central Saudi Arabia, about 260 kilometres northwest of Riyadh. It is connected by Roads 418 and 535 which both link with the main Highway 65 which connects Riyadh to Buraidah which is about 101 kilometres by road to west of Al Zulfi. Zulfi also forms a governorate of Riyadh Province. The Al-Yamama/ Tuwaiq mountain range begins in the desert to the north of Al Zulfi. Location Az Zulfi is in the East of Al-Qassim Province and at the heart of the historical region of Najd. It is located roughly 70kilometers from Buraydah (the capital of the province) and more than 290 kilometers north of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. History Early history Although the location is sometimes identified with an ancient settlement mentioned by Yaqut and Al-Hamadani known as Oryarh, the history of Zulfi proper dates back to the third century. According to the chroniclers of Nejd. During the Pre-Islamic era the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |