Director/Writer: Ala' Younis

Ala’ Younis is an artist, filmmaker and curator. Born in Kuwait in 1974,Younis graduated as an architect from the university of Jordan in 1997. Younis has participated in international shows such as the Iran 3rd Biennale, Tehran (2005), the 12th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2006), Photocairo 4: The Long Shortcut, Cairo (2008) and Odense (2009), the Jerusalem Show, Jerusalem (2009), and Homeworks V, Beirut (2010). She has also participated in the Townhouse curatorial program (2008) and in the Young curators workshop organized by the Tate, ICF and the Sharjah Biennial. In 2005, she received the 2nd Prize for Non Egyptians at the 17th Youth Salon in Cairo and the 3rd Prize at the Annual Exhibition of the Jordanian Artists Association in Amman.

Director of Photography: Abdel Salam Akkad

Abdel Salam Akkad completed his Communications Arts degree in 1995 and has assumed several positions within the TV and film making industry since then. His positions ranged from chief lighting technician, director of photography, to producer and director. On the production side Abdelsalam worked on the following TV Shows : Rockin’ Roll (45 min music show for Future TV, Lebanon 2000), 45 minute economic and social show also for Future TV, and Street Life Stories for NBN. In addition, he worked on several documentaries including a 52 minute documentary on the 1967 Cairo treaty for Al Jazeera, a 52 minute documentary on Queen Alia of Jordan, an independent film “Hear no Evil”, a documentary for the King Hussein Center for the Handicapped, and he directed and produced a documentary on the development of trade and industry in Qatar for the Amir’s court. As a director of photography and lighting specialist, Abdelsalam worked as head of lighting for NBN from 1997 To 1998. He was a director of photography for several films and advertisements including a 52-minute documentary titled Iraq: the Untold Story for ITN and episodes of Witness for al Jazeera International.