Nisreen Faour

Nisreen Faour

Born: August 2, 1972
in Tarshiha, Palestine
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Nisreen Faour is a Palestinian actress best known for her role as Muna in the 2009 American film, Amreeka.

Faour was born in Tarshiha, Palestine and moved to the United States to study theater and performance when she was 16. She studied theater directing at the University of Haifa. She has performed in a number of award - winning theatrical plays. She also appeared in films such as In the Eighth Month directed by Ali Nassar and Jamr Alhikaya (Whispering Embers). Her television appearances include Family Deluxe and Mishwar Al-Joma.

Faour's performance as Muna Farah, a Palestinian immigrant to the United States in the 2009 independent film Amreeka, received high marks from film critics. American film critic Kenneth Turan argues that, while all of the casting choices "are excellent, it is Palestinian actress Nisreen Faour as the irrepressible Muna who truly owns the picture."

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Movies for Nisreen Faour...

Lovesick in the West Bank
Title: Lovesick in the West Bank
Character: Hasna
Released: December 1, 2021
Type: Movie
This is a palestine short movie that’s gonne ba premiered in the red sea film festival I hope that u add it so I can review it
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Never Leave Me
Title: Never Leave Me
Character: Hiba
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
This is a story about pain, search for meaning in life and friendship of orphaned. Syrian boys - Isa, Ahmed and Muataz - who live a difficult life as refugees in the magical, mythical Turkish city of Sanliurfa. In their search for recovery from traumatic past, the children will cross the path from destructiveness and hostility to meaningfulness and love. By finding friends in each other, the boys will find their inner peace.
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Eyes of a Thief
Title: Eyes of a Thief
Character: Dunya
Released: October 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Tareq is released from an Israeli prison and returns to his hometown in Palestine, a place transformed by drastic changes and filled with secrets, to find his daughter. As secrets are uncovered, light is shed on the stifling nature of contemporary Palestinian society, while revealing Tareq’s hidden past. Inspired by true events.
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Villa Touma
Title: Villa Touma
Character: Juliette Touma
Released: September 6, 2014
Type: Movie
Three unmarried aristocratic Christian sisters from Ramallah have shut themselves in their villa clinging desperately to their former glory, until their orphan niece, Badia, walks into their life and turns their world upside down.
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The Savior
Title: The Savior
Character: Herodias
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: Movie
It is a time when Rome rules the world with the power of life and death in their hands. The province of Roman Palestine is a bubbling cauldron of rebellion and control. And on this greater canvas Luke, narrates a story of wonder, amazement and impact... The world is anticipating this moment in history but no one can imagine God touching His creation in the form of a little baby named Jesus. Much is recorded in the Gospels about Jesus' miraculous birth, to a young virgin named Mary, in Bethlehem, but little is known about his quiet growing up in Nazareth. Joseph, his adopted father, seems to have died well before Jesus turns 30 and begins his ministry.
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Amreeka
Title: Amreeka
Character: Muna Farah
Released: June 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.