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‘Thank You for Banking With Us!’ Wins Best Film at Critics Awards for Arab Films
The Arab Cinema Center has announced the winners of the 9th Critics Awards for Arab Films at an event held on the sidelines of Cannes Film Festival.
“Thank You for Banking With Us!” tackles the hot button issue of sexist Middle Eastern inheritance rules dictated by Islamic Sharia law, under which a man has a right to take double the share of a woman. Morocco’s “Everybody Loves Touda,” written by Nabil Ayouch and Maryam Touzani, won the screenplay award, and best actress for Nisrin Erradi. Best Documentary “No Other Land,” Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Palestine
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