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A Wedding in Ramallah

First came the wedding. Then came the war.

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A Wedding in Ramallah — Plot

From acclaimed filmmaker Sherine Salama, the story follows a marriage between an American-based Palestinian man (Bassam Abed) and a young woman (Mariam), with a traditional village upbringing. Bassam works as a telephone repairman in Cleveland, Ohio, and returns to the West Bank town of Ramallah to find a wife. A few weeks later the two are married and we are offered unique insight into the arranged wedding. The film subsequently follows their desperate attempts to secure a visa to America for Mariam, and her resulting life in Cleveland, languishing in an apartment with no friends or support.

  • Release date
  • July 24, 2002
  • Runtime
  • 90 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • Sherine Salama

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