News Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 2 months ago
The immigrant experience chronicled in Cherien Dabis’ Amreeka isn’t especially eye-opening: You’ve seen this story many times before. After receiving a green card, Muna (Nisreen Faour), a bank worker in Palestine, journeys to Chicago to live...
News Source: Weekly Dig
| 2 months ago
Leaving one's own country for a better life in a faraway land is a difficult dream to bear for anyone, especially a single Palestinian mother who's leaving the Israel-occupied West Bank and dreams of "Amreeka."
News Source: Seattle Weekly
| 2 months ago
Another heartbreaking drama about Arabs and their mistreatment in the United States. Palestinians Muna (Nisreen Faour) and teen son Fadi (Melkar Muallem) leave the Israeli-occupied West Bank for Illinois after 9/11, thanks to a green-card lottery.