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"Ajami," one of this year's Oscar nominees for best foreign film, is the latest and one of the most harrowing films set along the religious divides in Israel. It was co-written and co-directed by an Israeli and a Palestinian, and set in Jaffa, technically a part of Tel Aviv, which has high crime and unemployment rates.
Feb 2, 2010 · The Israeli movie “Ajami,” one of the five Oscar nominees for best foreign-language film, takes its name from a rough neighborhood in Jaffa, a mostly Arab city just south of Tel Aviv.
- Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Jul 26, 2014 · There are other Israeli films worth watching, including the very human "Ushpizin" speaking of orthodox culture, the very clever "Ajami," and "Waltz with Bashir" speaking of memories on the war with Lebanon. But, here, we are looking at a particular dominant narrative, featuring scripture, history, and modernity.
Feb 13, 2010 · Valentine's Day/Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief/The Wolfman/Ajami. Episode aired Feb 13, 2010; TV-PG
- Michael B. Wall
- 2010-02-13
- Talk-Show
- Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott
Jun 19, 2010 · Using non-professional actors, Ajami's strands give an unusually nuanced insight to life in Israel, its confusion of identities and passions. Intelligently, the directors offer no glib...
Jan 29, 2010 · The action takes place inside Ajami, a poor Arab but increasingly Jewish and gentrified part of Jaffa, the ancient port that abuts Tel Aviv to its south.
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Ajami: Directed by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani. With Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani. Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.
