
Layla M.(2016)
18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots, joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.


The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, have sex, and choose.

Mouna Hawa
Laila

Shaden Kanboura
Nour

Sana Jammalieh
Salma

Mahmoud Shalaby
Ziad Hamdi

Henry Andrawes
Wissam
Ahlam Canaan
Dounia
Aiman Daw
Saleh
Riyad Sliman
Qais

Firas Nassar
Rabia
Tamer Nafar
In Between is a drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of israel, feminism, islam, lgbt, woman director. Directed by Maysaloun Hamoud, it stars Mouna Hawa, Shaden Kanboura, Sana Jammalieh. The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a lifestyle that seems obvious to many: the freedom to work, party, have sex, and choose.
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