About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1963-03-05
Place of birth:
Palestine
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Fajr Yacoub

Overview

Fajr Yaqoub was born in Yarmouk camp in 1963 to Palestinian parents from Tira Haifa. He studied cinema and theater and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Sofia in 1994. He became a member of the Swedish Writers Union in 2018. Some of his cinematic and fictional works won several awards, the most famous of which are the Katara Award for Arabic Fiction, which he won in 2021, and the Golden Falcon Award for Best Short Narrative Film at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands in 2010. He participated as a jury member in many Among the festivals such as: Rabat Festival for Author Cinema, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Cairo Festival for Arab Media, Film Competition from the Emirates, Muscat International Film Festival and Dubai Arab Media Forum.

Known for

Directing
2023 Looking for Iolanda Gigliotti Directing Director N/A
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2014 Wahdon Directing Director N/A
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2013 Beirut Road 150,000 Kilometers Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Unknown Woman Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Swing Directing Director N/A
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2008 Iraqis in Multi-classes Exile Directing Director N/A
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2006 The Penguin Directing Director N/A
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1998 Sarab Directing Director N/A
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اثر الفراشه Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2009 The Unknown Woman Writing Writer N/A
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2006 The Penguin Writing Writer N/A
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1998 Sarab Writing Writer N/A
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