Hanna Musleh is a Palestinian film maker and university professor.
Studies
Musleh was born in 1954 in
Beit Jala
Beit Jala ( ar, ) is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of the West Bank. Beit Jala is located 10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at altitude. In 2017, Beit Jala had ...
to Wahbe and Nijmeh Musleh where he attended the Mennonite School. He studied at
Leningrad State University
Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...
in Russia for a degree in anthropology and
Manchester University in England afterwards. Since 1980 he has worked as a professor at
Bethlehem University
Bethlehem University ( ar, جامعة بيت لحم) is a Catholic university in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine. It is the first university founded in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
History
Established under Israeli ...
teaching cultural studies, history, anthropology film appreciation, religion and philosophy where he remains with his Russian wife Lilia and their son Alexander.
Filmography
*Sahar’s Wedding (1991) - a wedding in Al-Khader, a small village outside of Bethlehem under Israeli occupation during the first Intifada.
*International Centre of Bethlehem (ICB) debate TV show series - chronicles
Palestinian self-determination Palestinian self-determination refers to aspirations by some Palestinians and Palestinian nationalists for increased autonomy and sovereign independence as well as to the international right of self-determination applied to Palestine. Such sent ...
, physically disabled Palestinians, Palestinian suffering, emotional Palestinian biographies, individual Palestinian despair, Palestinian elections, Palestinian health, Palestinian water deficiency
*Cairo International Festival for Children’s Cinema - the life of Palestinian children who suffered permanent disabilities in the ongoing violence in the Holy Land: awarded with the Golden Award for a Short Film.
* We are God’s Soldiers - two brothers, one supporting Fatah, the other Hamas
*Palestinian Sign Language - Palestinian kids with special needs
*I Am a Little Angel - Palestinian girls going through Israeli checkpoints
*In the Spider’s Web
*Walling In Walling Out: A Bethlehem Story.
[A pictorial history of Ramallah - Page 235, Naseeb Shaheen - 1992]
See also
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Raymonda Tawil
Raymonda Hawa Tawil ( ar, ريموندا حوا الطويل, born Raymonda Hawa in 1940 in Acre in Mandatory Palestine) is a Palestinian writer and journalist. She is the mother of Suha Arafat.
Life
Raymonda Tawil is a poet, writer and Palesti ...
References
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1954 births
Living people
Academic staff of Bethlehem University
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Palestinian Eastern Catholics
Palestinian film directors
Palestinian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Palestinian educational theorists
People from Beit Jala
Saint Petersburg State University alumni