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Amreeka chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. In America, as her son navigates high school hallways the way he used to move through military checkpoints, the indomitable Muna scrambles together a new life cooking up falafel burgers as well as hamburgers at the local White Castle.
Told with heartfelt humor by writer-director Cherien Dabis in her feature film debut, Amreeka is a universal journey into the lives of a family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live and the bittersweet search for a place to call home.
Amreeka recalls Dabis's family's memories of their lives in rural America during the first Iraq War. The film stars Haifa-trained actress Nisreen Faour as Muna, and Melkar Muallen plays her 16-year-old son, Fadi.
Original Release
06/17/2009
US Release
09/04/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nisreen Faour | Muna Farah |
Melkar Muallem | Fadi Farah |
Hiam Abbass | Raghda Halaby |
Alia Shawkat | Salma Halaby |
Yussuf Abu-Warda | Nabeel Halaby |
Joseph Ziegler | Mr. Novatski / Stan Novatski |
Amer Hlehel | Samer |
Selena Haddad | Lamis Halaby |
Jenna Kawar | Rana Halaby |
Suheila Muallem | Jamileh / Jamie |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nisreen Faour | Muna Farah |
Melkar Muallem | Fadi Farah |
Hiam Abbass | Raghda Halaby |
Alia Shawkat | Salma Halaby |
Yussuf Abu-Warda | Nabeel Halaby |
Joseph Ziegler | Mr. Novatski / Stan Novatski |
Amer Hlehel | Samer |
Selena Haddad | Lamis Halaby |
Jenna Kawar | Rana Halaby |
Suheila Muallem | Jamileh / Jamie |
Brodie Sanderson | Matt |
Andrew Sannie | James |
Daniel Boiteau | Mike |
Jeff Button | Jason |
Miriam Smith | Bank Employee |
Glen Thompson | Nelson |
Mike O'Brien | Bank Manager |
Aaron Hughes | Police Officer #1 |
Craig Matthews | Police officer #2 |
Adham Mujama | Young Israeli Soldier #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Cherien Dabis | Executive Producer |
Greg Keever | Executive Producer |
Alicia Sams | Executive Producer |
Zain Al-Sabah | Producer |
Paul Barkin | Producer |
Liz Jarvis | Producer |
George Khleifi | Producer |
Christina Piovesan | Producer |
Sami Said | Producer |