Western Arabs

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Western Arabs
Western Arabs poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Omar Shargawi  [ da ]
Produced by Eva Jakobsen
Katrin Pors
Mikkel Jersin
CinematographyOmar Shargawi
Aske Foss
Edited by Thomas Papapetros
Music by Anders "AC" Christensen
Production
company
Snowglobe
Release date
  • February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16)(Berlin)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguagesDanish
English
Arabic

Western Arabs is a 2019 Danish documentary film by Omar Shargawi  [ da ]. The film premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Western Arabs". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "Berlin Film Review: 'Western Arabs'". 28 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. "Review: Western Arabs". Cineuropa – the best of european cinema. Retrieved 9 June 2020.