Fajr Yacoub

Known for: Directing
Born: March 5, 1963
Birthplace: Palestine

Fajr Yaqoub was born in Yarmouk camp in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Tira Haifa. He studied cinema and theater and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Sofia in 1994. He became a member of the Swedish Writers Union in 2018. Some of his cinematic and fictional works won several awards, the most famous of which are the Katara Award for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2021, and the Golden Falcon Award for Best Short Narrative Film at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands in 2010. He participated as a jury member in many Among the festivals such as: Rabat Festival for Author Cinema, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Cairo Festival for Arab Media, Film Competition from the Emirates, Muscat International Film Festival and Dubai Arab Media Forum.

Filmography

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Director
Wahdon 2014
Director
Beirut Road 150,000 Kilometers 2013
Director
The Swing 2009
Director
The Unknown Woman 2009
Director, Writer
Iraqis in Multi-classes Exile 2008
Director
The Penguin 2006
Director, Writer
Sarab 1998
Director, Writer

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