Ajami (2009)

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124 min - Crime | Drama - 17 September 2009 (Israel)

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Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Fouad Habash	...	Nasri
	Nisrine Rihan	...	Ilham
	Elias Saba	...	Shata
	Youssef Sahwani	...	Abu-Lias
	Abu George Shibli	...	Sido
	Ibrahim Frege	...	Malek
	Scandar Copti	...	Binj
	Shahir Kabaha	...	Omar
	Hilal Kabob	...	Anan
	Ranin Karim	...	Hadir
	Eran Naim	...	Dando Ben David
	Sigal Harel	...	Dando's sister
	Tamar Yerushalmi	...	Dando's mother
	Moshe Yerushalmi	...	Dando's father
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Ghassan Ashkar

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Storyline

Ajami is an area of Jaffa where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians try to live together in an atmosphere that is -to say the least - electric. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from elimination by a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl, Hadir, but marrying her is far from obvious. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to trace his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians. Binj, Malek and Omar's Arab friend, suffers from being rejected by other members of his community for mixing with an Israeli girl. All of them will meet violence, most of the time ... with violence. Written by Guy Bellinger

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