Wissam smayra biography examples

On January 20, Netflix released Perfect Strangers, its first original feature film in Arabic. A remake of the Italian film of the same name, Wissam Smayra’s masterpiece has drawn a lot of attention in the Arab world and beyond.

Within a week of its release, it topped Netflix’s chart of most-watched films in a number of Arab countries and was number 5 on its global chart of non-English-language content.

In the Middle East, Perfect Strangers has challenged stereotypes by sparking fierce debates about the “morality” of cinematic portrayal of homosexuality and extramarital relations.

Both topics, which are often ignored or demonised in the region, are successfully navigated in the taboo-breaking film.

In the West, for many of us fans of Arab cinema, the feature comes as a breath of fresh air. It defies the usual stereotypical narratives of terror, war and violence that dominate Western representation of the region and offers a comp