Kais Nashif is a well known Palestinian actor living in Tel Aviv,
Israel with frequent travel to the U.S. Kais is part German from his
mother's side and speaks fluent German as well. Languages English,
Arabic, Hebrew, German, conversational French, Education: Acting study
at "Beit Zvi" the School for Stage Arts.
I understand how a performance should be like a sculpture; this was my first ever film and I learned lots from my mistakes - both from what I got right and from what I got wrong.I liked it intensely.
It made me realize that we never hear their story, their side. How could they justify this? Not only to their families but also to themselves. However you may judge them, they have a story and a rationale. - On playing a suicide bomber in Paradise Now
Their life has no value. Where they live - in the specific case of the Palestinians - they're all surrounded and caged in cities, which they can't leave, so there's no value to their life. There's no cinema, no theater, no love, no nothing.