Ajami is an area of Jaffa where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians try to live together in an atmosphere that is -to say the least – electric. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from elimination by a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl, Hadir, but marrying her is far from obvious. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother’s operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to trace his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians. Binj, Malek and Omar’s Arab friend, suffers from being rejected by other members of his community for mixing with an Israeli girl. All of them will meet violence, most of the time … with violence.
Release Date: 17 September 2009Runtime: 124 min
Stars:
- Abu George Shibli
- Elias Saba
- Eran Naim
- Fouad Habash
- Ghassan Ashkar
- Hilal Kaboub
- Ibrahim Frege
- Moshe Yerushalmi
- Nisrine Rihan
- Ranin Karim
- Scandar Copti
- Shahir Kabaha
- Sigal Harel
- Tamar Yerushalmi
- Youssef Sahwani
Director: Yaron Shani