Biography Mohammed Soueid (Beirut, Lebanon, 1959)
Mohammed Soueid is a writer and filmmaker. He is the author of several books in Arabic about Lebanese and Arab cinema such as Suspended Cinema: Lebanese Civil War Films (Beirut: Institute of Arab Researches, 1986), History of Movie Theaters in Old Beirut (Beirut: An-Nahar, 1996) and Literature and Screen-writing in Arab Countries (Paris: Arab World Institute, 1995). As a film-director he was responsible for various productions.
Films included are Absence, 1990 (45′), Cinéma Fouad, 1993 (40′), and Destinée, 1996 (12′) Absence, 1990 (45′) Is it possible to talk about death in war time? This question is exposed through four people who lost friends and relatives in …Read more
Films included are Nightfall, 2002 (70′); Civil War, 2000 (85′); Tango of Yearning, 1998 (70′). Tango of Yearning is the first episode of a trilogy on postwar Lebanon. It is based on the directors recollections on war, love and cinema, …Read more
Contemporary Arab Representations is a long-term project which includes seminars, publications, performances and presentations of works by different authors – visual artists, architects, writers and poets – with the aim of encouraging production, circulation and exchange between the different cultural …Read more
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