Parine Jaddo (born in Baghdad, IraqThinly Veiled Contempt:Filmmaker Parine Jaddo observes the frustrations of Muslim women
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Biography

Jaddo was born in Baghdad into a working class intellectual and artistic family that was forced to move frequently due to political turmoil in the Middle East. Her family escaped from Iraq and moved to Lebanon where she had studied biology at the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...

with plans to become a medical doctor but soon her family fled Lebanon when civil war broke out in the mid-'70s despite her staying to finish her degree, where she was sheltered by an

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couple from San Diego. Following the

Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

, Jaddo came to the U.S. She attended Howard University, where she completed her master's in fine arts with a speciality in film in 1995. The short movie ''Aisha'', was shot on a 35mm film while a film professor at Howard University and was filmed on the eve of the first American conflict with Iraq. This movie was screened at the Women's Museum of Art in Washington DC. She has also worked on Sankofa with the Ethiopian film maker

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. Her first documentary, Broken Record, which was inspired by the passing of her mother, was screened at the Reel Iraq festival in the United Kingdom in 2013. She currently resides and works in Beirut, Lebanon, where she has collaborated with the

Arab Image Foundation The Arab Image Foundation (french: Fondation arabe pour l'image; ar, المؤسسة العربية للصورة/ ALA-LC: ''al-Muʾassasah al-ʿArabiyyah lil-Ṣūrah'') is a non-profit organization established in Beirut in 1997. It aims to track ...

and taught film courses at a number of universities.

Filmography

* ''Atash'' (1995) *''Inside/Out'' (1997) (assistant editor, script supervisor) * ''Aisha'' (2000) (director) * ''Tayh (Astray)'' (2003) * ''Rasta's Paradise'' * ''Broken Record'' (2013)

Awards

Princess Grace Award The Princess Grace Foundation – USA is a charity organization named after Princess Grace of Monaco, which supports emerging performers in theater, dance, and film in the form of awards, grants, scholarships, and fellowships. The Foundation hol ...

AISHA: A Movie Written & Directed by Parine Jaddo

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaddo, Parine Living people People from Baghdad Iraqi emigrants to the United States Iraqi Muslims Iraqi film directors Iraqi women film directors Howard University alumni Princess Grace Awards winners 1956 births