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DON'T TAKE MY JOY AWAY

DON'T TAKE MY JOY AWAY

OMAR GABRIEL | LEBANON | 2024 | 7 MIN | ARABIC EST

OMAR GABRIEL | LEBANON | 2024 | 7 MIN | ARABIC EST

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Subtitles: English

Synopsis

In the Shatila Palestinian camp in Lebanon, two friends, Omar and Omar, find moments of joy amid hardship until sudden violence forces them to confront loss and survival.

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Filmmaker Bio

Omar Gabriel is a Lebanese filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist whose intimate storytelling reflects larger political realities, portraying marginalized voices with tenderness and authenticity across Arab societies. Blending poetic imagery with raw emotion, his work reveals the beauty in vulnerability and explores themes of resistance, defiance, and freedom. His films and photographs have been showcased internationally in Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Beirut, and Geneva, with exhibitions at Bienal Fotografia do Porto and Casa Árabe, and screenings at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Rhode Island International Film Festival, and Xposed Queer Film Festival

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