Hisham Zreiq

Hisham Zreiq
Born (1968-02-09) 9 February 1968 (age 56)
Nazareth, Israel
Other namesHisham Zrake
Occupation(s)Visual artist, film director, producer, animator, screenwriter, software architect and poet
Years active1994–present
AwardsAl-Awda Award for Best Documentary Film
2008 The sons of Eilaboun
Websitehttp://www.hishamzreiq.com

Hisham Zreiq (Arabic: هشام زريق, Hebrew: הישאם זרייק; born 9 February 1968 in Nazareth), also spelled Zrake, is a Palestinian-Israeli Independent filmmaker, poet, animator and visual artist. He began working in computer art in 1994, and in 1996 started exhibiting his work in galleries and museums.[1] In 2007 he filmed his first documentary, The Sons of Eilaboun,[2] and in 2008 he created the short film Just Another Day,[3] dealing with the life of Arabs living in western world after the September 11 terror attacks.[4] He uses his poetry and visual art in his films, as in Just Another Day,[5] and was a member of the Culture Unplugged film festival panel.[6] In 2018 Zreiq contributed to the book An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba by writing a chapter based on the interviews from his documentary The Sons of Eilaboun.[7] In 2023 he started a music project called 'Goddess Asherah' [8]

  1. ^ "Hisham Zreiq". OneFineArt. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ The Sons of Eilaboun at IMDb
  3. ^ Just Another Day at IMDb
  4. ^ "Hisham Zreiq, Erlangen, Germany". Festival Focus. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Hisham Zrake (Zreiq)". Artwanted.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ Culture Unplugged Film Festival
  7. ^ Zreiq, Hisham. "10: The Sons and Daughters of Eilaboun". In Abdo-Zubi, Nahla; Masalha, Nur (eds.). An oral history of the Palestinian Nakba. ISBN 9781786993502.
  8. ^ "Goddess Asherah". Bandcamp.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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