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- Nadim Sawalha was born on 9 September 1933 in Madaba, Jordan. He is an actor, known for The Living Daylights (1987), Captain Abu Raed (2007) and The Avengers (1998). He has been married to Roberta Lane since 1961. They have three children.
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Saba Mubarak is trailblazer star with a distinguished repertoire that includes a number of successful and internationally recognized works. From the Gulf, the Levant, Egypt and the Maghreb, Saba has won many titles and awards that reflect her ability to present the issues and conditions of Arab women with contemporary and historical variations in more than 60 works between cinema, TV and theater.
Mubarak was born in Jordan to a Jordanian father and a Palestinian mother, Hanan Al-Agha, a writer, painter and poet. Saba was greatly influenced by her mother, who shaped her artistic personality and helped her set goals at an early age. She graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts at the Yarmouk University in Jordan where she studied Theatre and Directing. While still studying, Saba made her acting debut in the Jordanian play Al Sarkha (1996) and the TV drama Qamar W Sahar (1998).
In 2003, Saba landed her first film role in the Jordanian film Travel of the Wings, followed by Out of Service, Mamlakat Al Naml (The Kingdom of Ants), and the award-winning film Transit Cities. In 2007, Mubarak starred in Al Ijtiyah (The Invasion) TV drama by director Shawqi Al Majri. The TV series won the International Emmy Award, becoming the first TV production in the Arab world to receive the prestigious award. Following her powerful performance as the Queen of Sheba in the historical TV drama Balqees (2009), produced by Dubai TV, Saba became one of the A-list actresses in the Arab film and TV industry.
In 2010, Saba made her foray into Egyptian cinema through the film Bentein Min Masr. After that, she turned to Egyptian TV dramas, starring in Sharbat Louz, Mouga Harra (Heatwave), Asia, and Khalaf Allah, in addition to two seasons of Hekayat Banat, produced by MBC. In Ramadan 2016, Saba dazzled audiences with her performance of Dorria in director Mohammed Yassin's TV drama Afrah Al Qobba (Wedding Song), a role for which she received critical and audience acclaim.
During Ramadan 2018, Saba played the lead role in director Amr Salama's TV series Tayea, alongside star Amr Youssef. For the first time, Saba played the role of a woman from Upper Egypt. Tayea was widely discussed on Twitter after the episode of her murder and the episode exceeded 5 million views on YouTube.
On the international level, Saba starred in the Swedish action/thriller films Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter and Hamilton: I Nationens Intresse, alongside star Mikael Persbrandt in 2012.
Saba broke into the film production business by founding her production house Pan East Media in Dubai with the main objective of creating genuine Arab audio-visual content and presenting first-rate artistic works on both regional and international levels. The company's debut production is the film The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul by Turkish director Andac Haznederoglu, where Mubarak stars playing a Syrian refugee on a journey from Turkey to Germany.
Through Pan East Media, Saba produced Obour TV series, where she starred alongside a large number of Syrian and Jordanian stars and real-life refugees. Premiered on TV in Ramadan 2019, Obour shed light on the daily struggles of refugees through some real-life stories of those who joined El Wasl Refugee Camp in search of a better life. Saba's next TV series was the Jordanian drama Haris Al Jabal (The Mountain's Guardian) which aired during Ramadan 2020. The big-budget series marked Saba's return to the Bedouin drama in years. With her great ambition, Saba will soon be making her directorial debut.
Mubarak received several awards and accolades, including the Special Jury Award at the Arab Theatre Festival, Best Actress Award at the Middle East Now Festival in Italy, two-time Best Jordanian Actress in 2009 and 2010, Dubai Drama Award for her role in Balqees, and the Jordanian Tyche Awards for Best Arab Actress in 2012. Most recently, Mubarak won the Best Actress Award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in Ireland for her role in The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul that also won five other awards at international film festivals, including the Antalya Film Festival, Arab Film Festival in Korea, and the European Film Market (EFM), held as part of the Berlin International Film Festival. The film also screened at more than 10 international film festivals.
Besides being an actress and producer, Mubarak has wide experience as a jury member at international film festivals. She was selected as a jury member of the International Emmy Awards for two times, a jury member of the Feature and Short Competitions at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, a jury member at the 38th Cairo International Film Festival, as well as a jury member of the Short Film Competition at the 2nd El Gouna Film Festival in 2018.
Her Majesty Queen Noor Al-Hussein honored Mubarak while attending the 37th International Arab Youth Congress (IAYC), organized by the National Centre for Culture and Arts (NCCA) in Jordan, as a guest of honor. Moreover, the feature film project Daughters of Adbulrahman by actress and producer Saba Mubarak and director Zaid Abu Hamdan won a production grant from the Jordan Film Fund (JFF), organized by The Royal Film Commission Jordan - RFC, as one of 13 cinematic projects. Recently, Saba finished working on Daughters of Adbulrahman film by Zaid Abu Hamdan, which she co-produces along with Film Clinic. Also, in Sep.2021, she attended the world premiere of her film Amira, by Mohamed Diab, at the 78the Venice International Film festival. The film, written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled and Amira Diab and co-produced by several big Arab production companies, won three awards at the Venice festival: the Lanterna Magica Award, Enrico Fulchignoni Award and 10th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.- Thalia Elansari, a Jordanian actress who began her artistic journey in 2022 when she auditioned for the critically acclaimed Netflix series AlRawabi School for Girls (2021) season 2, where she landed her first role as "Shams".
Thalia, a senior high school student at the National Orthodox School in Amman, is planned to graduate with a British GCE Diploma in 2024. - Noor (which means "light and brightness" in the Arabic language") is a Jordanian actress of Palestinian and Lebanese origins. She began her acting career at the young age of seven starring in productions like The Stoning of Soraya (2008) and The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008). Noor gained her prominence for her role as antagonist Layan Murad on the Netflix series Al Rawabi School for Girls (2021). The actress received a "Best Young Actress" nomination by Entertainment Tonight and "Favorite Rising Star" nomination at the Joy Awards in 2022.
Noor is also a classically trained ballerina as well as other dance forms. - Kira Yaghnam is a Palestinian-Jordanian 'quadruple threat' (actor, dancer, singer & pianist). Kira's acting debut was playing the role of the troubled & rebellious Hiba in the widely popular Netflix series Al Rawabi School for Girls, Season 2 (2024).
She discovered her love for performing arts when she started dancing ballet at the tender age of 3, with the National Center of Culture and Arts in Jordan, performing in many ballets and modern dance productions with them. She was a member of her school's Drama club and Choir, playing lead roles in plays and musicals.
Kira gravitated to acting because it is where she felt strong in her vulnerability, and where she could most connect with people, whether it be other cast members, crew, or audience. Somehow, the walls break down whenever she is on stage or in front of the camera.
Kira is constantly polishing her craft, through acting workshops, master classes, learning from the greats, and - most importantly - observing other people as they go about their daily lives, since she believes those are the most raw and interesting moments to draw inspiration from for her acting. She is comfortable in acting in both English and Arabic, fluently and in multiple accents.
She is studying Psychology in the United Kingdom because she believes that understanding human nature and learning about how the human mind works and the vast spectrum of human emotions is an integral part of being a good actor, which is where her ultimate passion and aspirations lie.
Kira aspires to a career in acting professionally on a regional and international level, within and beyond her ethnicity. She is proud of her heritage and hopes to contribute to giving raising the profile of Arab artists worldwide. - Actor
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Nabil Shaban was born on 12 February 1953 in Amman, Jordan. He is an actor and writer, known for Children of Men (2006), Morticia (2009) and Another World (1995). He has been married to Marcela Krystkova since 2016.- Actress
Rakeen Saad was born on 16 December 1989 in Amman, Jordan. She is an actress, known for Rivo (2022), AlRawabi School for Girls (2021) and 3000 Nights (2015).- Actress
Karam Taher is a Jordanian actress of Palestinian origins. Karam has had a passion for acting and the arts since her childhood, she started her career at the young age of five starring in advertisements, then went on to learn gymnastics, and the piano. At the age 15 she was the main actress in the feature film Farha (2021). Karam is now studying Design and Visual Communication to further enhance her knowledge of cinema, design, and the arts. As well as learning German as a third language.- Actor
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Kassem Gharaibeh, known as KassemG on YouTube, is one of the most popular personalities on YouTube with 2.6 million subscribers and over 431 million video views. Kassem began his career as a stand-up comedian working tirelessly in the local Los Angeles stand-up scene. In 2008, Kassem began posting videos of his stand-up and comedy sketches on YouTube and slowly amassed a loyal following. By the summer of 2010, Kassem had over one million subscribers on YouTube and secured his spot as one of the most viewed comedians online. He displays a witty and satirical tone that resonates with his wide and diverse viewership. Fearless and fast on his feet, Kassem's man-on-the-street format "California on..." has become one of the most beloved, and viewed weekly series on YouTube, averaging one million views per episode. His parody sketches, "KassemG Presents," have one foot in reality, but also draw heavily from the absurd. Also successful are his other recurring features, "Going Deep," and "Street Music."- Director
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Omar Naim was born on 27 September 1977 in Amman, Jordan. He is a director and writer, known for The Final Cut (2004), Grand Theater: A Tale of Beirut (1999) and Becoming (2020).- He was the eldest son of the Jordanian royal couple: King Ibn Talal Hussein (1935-1999) came to the throne in 1952 and was married to the British Toni Gardiner for the second time until 1971. Thanks to his British mother, Abdullah was able to attend school in England and then college in the USA. After school, he trained at US and British military academies. In this context, he also stayed temporarily with the British occupying troops in the Federal Republic. He dropped out of a political science course that Abdullah was pursuing at the universities of Oxford and Georgetown without graduating. After returning home, Abdullah pursued a career in the Jordanian military.
In 1994 he was promoted to major general. Although Abdullah's uncle, Hassan Ibn Talal, had previously been appointed crown prince, the cancer-stricken king named his eldest son as heir to the throne in January 1999. When his father succumbed to his illness on February 7, 1999, the crown prince was proclaimed King of Jordan as Abdullah II on the same day. A month later, the new head of state expressed his desire for renewal by appointing a new government. As a result, Abdullah II demonstrated unusual assertiveness on the issue of the Palestinians, from whom at least 60% of the population comes: the new king banned the controversial "Hamas" movement, deported its leaders and arrested many members.
After Jordan had supported neighboring dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in the early 1990s, the country now sought to adopt a self-confident attitude towards Iraq and to move closer to the Western world as well as to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Internally, however, Abdullah II was unable to initiate the urgently needed economic and administrative reforms. A democratic opening and revitalization of the country's political culture was neglected. Immediately after the terrorist attack on the USA on September 11, 2001, controlled by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah II represented to the West in February 2002 the demand for comprehensive economic aid for the Arab-Muslim countries.
In contrast, Jordan remains subject to police-state conditions in the political sphere, which foreign media also feel: In the summer of 2002, the station of the TV channel "Al Jasira" was closed because of critical reporting on the Israel policy of Abdullah II's predecessors to the throne and the journalists expelled. Abdullah II has been married to Rania Al-Jassin, a native of Palestine, since 1993, with whom they have four children: Prince Hussein (1994), Princess Iman (1996), Princess Salma (2000) and Prince Hashim (2005). - Natascha Girgis was born in Amman, Jordan. She is known for Wynonna Earp (2016), Tom Stone (2002) and A Home for the Holidays (2023).
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Born in Jordan, raised in Columbus, Ohio, and living in Los Angeles for the past 19 years, Sundance-winning writer/director Amin Matalqa makes films about dreamers and unsung heroes. His first feature Captain Abu Raed, won the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award (2008) and was the first Oscar submission from Jordan. Next he directed Disney's soccer drama, The United, followed by Strangely In Love, a Chaplinesque Los Angeles-set romantic comedy featuring Amanda Plummer; and The Rendezvous, a Hitchcockian caper adventure starring Stana Katic (Castle, Absentia) set across the Arabian desert. In Television, he co-wrote the pilot and directed two episodes of Netflix's teenage supernatural thriller, Jinn (2019). Amin has an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute and is an alumnus of the ABC/DGA TV Directors program. His most recent film for Sony, 5000 Blankets, stars Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and is in post-production.- Actress
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Nicole Atalla was born on 10 June 2001 in Amman, Jordan. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for Counting Fingers (2023), Vanguard (2020) and Phantom (2015).- Stunts
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Oudai Al-Daoud was born on 29 January 1981 in Amman, Jordan. He is a manager and actor, known for John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Rebel (2022) and Sand Castle (2017). He has been married to Mona Al-Najdawi since 2010. They have two children.- Salsabiela is an actress based in Amman, Jordan. Best known for her role as Ruqayya on the Netflix series "Al Rawabi School for Girls" (2021). She earned her Bachelor's degree in Theater Arts at The University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. She performed in many theater productions both locally and across the MENA region. She also performed both locally and internationally in movies such as "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (2018) and "Belle" (2018).
- King Hussein was born on 14 November 1935 in Amman, Jordan. He was married to Queen Noor, Alia Baha ed Toukan, Antoinette Avril Gardiner and Sharifa Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid. He died on 7 February 1999 in Amman, Jordan.
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Ammar Daraiseh was born on 10 November 1969 in Ramtha, Jordan. He is an actor and producer, known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), Jarhead (2005) and SEAL Team (2017). He has been married to Karen Kanas since 1999.- Director
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Varante Soudjian was born on 17 August 1978 in Amman, Jordan. Varante is a director and writer, known for Access (2018), Walter (2019) and La traversée (2022).- Shereen Seif El-Nasr was born in 1967 in Jordan. She was an actress, known for Amir El Zalam (2002), Sawwaq el-Hanem (1993) and Al Futua (2020). She died on 13 April 2024 in Egypt.
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Suheir Hammad was born on 25 October 1973 in Amman, Jordan. She is an actress and writer, known for Salt of This Sea (2008), When I Stretch Forth Mine Hand (2009) and Lest We Forget (2003).- Actor
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Ahmad Srour is a Jordanian actor who was born on 3/3/1987. He graduated from the University of Jordan with a bachelor degree in Directing & Acting and is currently considered one of the most prominent and upcoming actors in the industry. His experiences include hosting The first political satirical show in Jordan and starting the first ever Jordanian street theater in 2011. Srour has acted in various shows and various Jordanian and Arab series including Antobiotic, Abna'a Al-Qala'a, Samarqand, Al-Ashiq, Zein , Taboo play ( acting and directing) 2048 play ( writer and director), Idfa ma Badfa play, 3ours al dam play ( acting and producing)
Many of his shows and drama Series got prizes on the local and national level Srour also has a very popular radio show ( Matab Itha3i) on Radio Hala He was the director of al Shams Theater Srour is known for his passion for teaching drama and theater especially for children and has done many successful projects in this regard.- Nedal Jaber is an accomplished actor with a diverse range of work across Television and Film and Theater They have appeared in notable projects such as "Curse of the Mesopotamia" (2015), "Click" (2018), "Messiah" (2020), "Held for Ransom" (2019), "The Alleys" (2021), "Seal Team S06"
Additionally, Nedal Jaber has showcased their talent on stage with performances in plays including "The Room" as Bert by Harold Pinter, "To A Better Life" as Mephisto by Tawfeek Al Hakeem, "The Shrike" as Jim by Joseph Kram, "The Bear" as Smirnov by Anton Chekhov, and "Tick Tick Boom" (Arabic version) as Michael
He also demonstrated their versatility through TV commercials and modeling since 2018, and on going. - Director
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Zaid holds an MFA from the New York Film Academy in Hollywood and BA in Communication Arts from the Lebanese American University. Since 2009 Zaid wrote, directed, and produced six award-winning, internationally distributed short films to date. Zaid's films are known to be universal, showcasing stories from various cultures and languages. His film Bahiya & Mahmoud was the first Arab short film to qualify for an Oscar nomination in 2012 by winning Best Of Fest award and the Palm Springs International Shortfest, and has now developed the short into a comedy TV series.
In television, Zaid directed, produced and developed a wide range of content at major broadcasters in Los Angeles and the gulf, including children's Sesame Street, Pop Culture news channel E! Entertainment and Sports competition shows in addition to venturing in TV commercials in 2017. Since moving to the UAE in 2016, he filled the freelance position as the lead mentor of filmmaking in the region with Image Nation's Arab Film Studio Narrative and Screenwriting Programs.
Zaid is now touring with his first feature film, Daughters of Abdul-Rahman, debuting with an Audience Award win at Cairo International Film Festivals. His second feature film script "Boomah" (previously called The Zarqa Girl) won the biggest development award at the 2021 Red Sea Film Festival Lodge, run by the Torino Film Lab, and is due to commence pre-production early 2023.- Actress
Buxom, slender, and sexy blonde bombshell Ann Poll was born on April 22, 1981 in West Jordan, Utah. She's of Swedish descent. Ann grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. Poll was the Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week for the second week of October, 2005. She's a vegetarian who enjoys listening to house and techno music. Ann has worked as a hostess for Fuel TV. Moreover, Poll made her film debut in the small role of Betsy the Tan Girl in the low-budget horror movie "Urban Legends: Bloody Mary."