Habibi

Synopsis

Young lovers Qays and Layla are university students in the West Bank who hail from Khan Yunis in Gaza. He is pursuing a degree in literature and she in engineering, but they are forced to return home before completing their courses. In the more religious and traditional environment of Khan Yunis, their love story can continue only by marrying. Yet Qays, who is a construction worker living in a refugee camp, is too poor to convince Layla’s father that he can provide for his beloved daughter. As the couple struggles to be together, Qays paints verses from the classical poem Majnun Layla all over Khan Yunis, a rebellious act that angers Layla’s father and the local self-appointed moral police.

Main Cast

Maisa Abd Elhadi

Layla

Age : 39 | Popularity : 24%

Qais Nashif

Qays

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Yosef Abu Wardeh

Al-Mahdi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Amer Khalil

Qays' Father

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Jihad Al-Khattib

Walid

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Basel Husseini

Hitham

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Najwa Mubarki

Leyla's Mother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Suhell Nafar

Fisherman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Susan Youssef
Directing	Director	Susan Youssef
Camera	Director of Photography	PJ Raval
Editing	Editor	Susan Youssef
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Hamada Atallah
Art	Production Design	Bashar Hassuneh
Department	Role	Name

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