Middle East / North Africa Film Series - Session One: Bittersweet

Join us for the first session of the Fall 2023 Middle East / North Africa (MENA) Film Series.

Bittersweet (2010 / 130 min.) - Directed by Khaled Marei (also translated as, Molasses)

"A 30-year-old Egyptian goes back to Egypt after living in America for 20 years, but he has a hard time coping with the difference, especially after he loses his identity and all his money and becomes stuck in Egypt."

The viewing will be facilitated by Drs. Younasse Tarbouni and Ayala Hendin of the Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies department.