Abbass appeared in the French films Le sac de farine and Le temps de la balle. In 2008, she played the mother of an illegal Syrian immigrant in Tom McCarthy 's movie The Visitor, and the mother of an Iraqi soldier in Abbas Fahdel 's film Dawn of the World.

Feb 13, 2025 · Bye Bye Tiberias is a documentary directed by Lina Soualem, and starring her mother Hiam Abbas. It takes place years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

Nov 10, 2023 · DUBAI: For the first time in her life, the Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass found herself uncomfortable in front of a camera. She wasn’t being asked to act. She was being asked to be herself....

In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters.

Oct 8, 2020 · Hiam Abbass is a Palestinian actress and film director best known for her work in Blade Runner 2049, The Visitor and Inheritance. Abbass is currently 59 years old. She was born on November 30, 1960, in Nazareth, Israel, to a Muslim Arab family. Hiam spent her formative years in the village of Deir Hanna in the Northern District of Israel.

May 5, 2017 · What strikes us with Hiam Abbass is her demeanour, subtle and sharp at the same time, her voice is calm but clear, her gaze is straight, her eyes do not flicker. It is obvious that this...

Mar 12, 2025 · LEMON TREE received international acclaim, and Hiam Abbass became the first Palestinian woman to receive a Best Actress award from the Israel Film Academy. Click here to read a review of LEMON TREE by FF2 Editor-in-Chief Jan Lisa Huttner.

Speaking at the 2024 Ajyal, she underlined how her four-decade journey in cinema has reinforced the power of collective storytelling. “Through cinema and our work, we are able to raise our voices and exist on our own terms – not as others want us to exist,” said Abbass.

Nov 27, 2023 · Thirty years ago, Palestinian actor Hiam Abbass left her home to pursue her dreams of being in the movies, joining generations of women in her family who were shaped by exile and “learned to...

The filmography of Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass looms as loftily in Hollywood and the West as it does in the Arab world.