walkie-talkies to communicate
with her crew from the back of a
van. Now Palestinian filmmaker
Maysaloun Hamoud finds herself
the subject of a fatwa thanks to
her feature debut In Between.
Hamoud’s film is the story of
three young Palestinian women
sharing an apartment in the Is-
raeli city of Tel Aviv. Chain smok-
ing and coke snorting Layla
(Mouna Hawa) is a lawyer who in
spite of her feminist ideals, just
wants to find herself a decent
guy. Salma (Sana Jammelieh) is
a struggling DJ who keeps her
lesbian lifestyle a secret from
her conservative Christian fam-
ily. The hijab clad Nour (Shaden
Kanboura) is initially shocked
at the liberal lifestyles of her
new housemates, but soon
finds them more affable than
her domineering fiance Wissam
(Henry Andrawes).
As Arabs in Tel Aviv, the three
women find themselves torn
between cultures. Though Layla
and Salma dress so as to be in-
distinguishable from the young
Watch the trailer for In Between
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