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Arab American Stories

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Sweet Refuge
A passionate baklava baker encounters a savvy ladoo maker on the streets of Brooklyn.
An Arab Family
An Arab American boy is awoken to his family's otherness when he is alerted to his father's thick accent. Once it has been heard, he cannot be unheard.
Simo (age 16+)
Simo and Emad's brotherhood is filled with competition and jealousy. In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother, Simo sneakily takes over Emad's online gaming channel. His actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.
To'oborni
When relatives come to visit from their homeland, Salma must choose between being the daughter her mother wants to present to them, and being herself.
All At Once
Yasser, a first generation Arab-American, is painstakingly apprehensive before his future All-American in-laws come over for dinner for the first time. When Ziad, his Palestinian immigrant father, prepares a traditional dinner, they negotiate the menu in a battle over tradition and assimilation.
Mawtini (My Homeland) (age 16+)
Together Nawal, a young Palestinian woman, and Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, start a guerrilla garden on the lawn of their apartment building and battle middle management to make it to harvest.
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This program highlights narratives from the Arab diaspora in the United States, exploring questions of belonging, culture, family, and generational identity.

Director Biography

Aziz Zoromba is a Canadian writer & director of Egyptian origins. His works, documentaries and fiction, explore the themes of cultural identity, assimilation and intergenerational

trauma. He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim school of cinema and an alumni of the 2019 Sundance Ignite fellowship.


FARAWAY (2020), his first documentary short, has screened at over 30 film festivals around the world (Slamdance, Camerimage, RIDM). Aziz also co-produced the short documentary NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE (2019), winner of over 25 awards and selected by over 80 festivals including TIFF, SXSW & IDFA. His first fictional short film SIMO (2022), won the Best Canadian Short Film Award at TIFF, and will have its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale (Generation).

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    23 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic, French
  • Country
    Canada
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  • Director
    Aziz Zoromba
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