Ali Nassar ( ar, علي نصار, he, עלי נסאר; born 1954) is an

Arab-Israeli The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...

film director. Nassar was born in the

Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galil ...

village of

Arraba Arraba ( ar, عرّابة) can refer to the following: *Arraba, Israel *Arraba, Jenin Other *Arabah See also *Araba (disambiguation) Araba may refer to: Places and jurisdictions * the Ancient Arab Kingdom of Hatra, a Roman-Parthian buffer state ...

, and graduated from the

University of Moscow M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in 1981 with a degree in film. Returning to

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

, he started a theatre group and also worked as a photographer for a daily newspaper.

Filmography

* (1993): The Babysitter * (1997): The Milky Way Song on a Narrow Path: Stories from Jerusalem A Report of Dreams of a Nation - A Palestinian Film Festival
by Jared Rapfogel, 2003 * (2002): In the 9th Month * (2008): Whispering Embers * (2015): Lechudim Betoch HaReshet

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on "Dreams of a Nation" {{DEFAULTSORT:Nassar, Ali 1954 births Living people Arab-Israeli film directors Palestinian film directors People from Arraba, Israel