Zait wa Za3tar Podcast Zait wa Zaatar

In this episodes of the Zait wa Za3tar Podcast festival curator Nahed Awwad talks to Amber Fares, director of the award-winning documentary "Speed Sisters" (2015). The two filmmakers discuss movement, filmmaking and freedom in Occupied Palestine.

Amber Fares co-founded SocDoc Studios in 2009 and later became famous with her documentary Speed Sisters, following the lives of an all female car racing team in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, navigating mobility under occupation.

Her later productions include "The Judge", released in 2017. Find out more about Amber on her website: https://www.amberfares.com/about

Don't forget to follow the Zait wa Za3tar Festival on Social Media and take a look at our website for further information: https://zaitwaza3tar.berlin/

In the first episode of the Zait wa Za3tar Podcast, the festival's co-founder and co-curator Cora Josting asks some questions; Bakr Khleifi answers, and plays the oud. Bakr has been playing the oud since the age of six and has performed on both the oud and the double-bass in various locations around the world, from the Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic to venues in his native Palestine.  He is based in Berlin and has been teaching the oud at the Global Music School since June 2020.

You can follow Bakr on his Youtube Account: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bakrofski