• Sep 04, 2011
  • 78 min
  • Full-HD

Habibi (2011)

Young lovers Qays and Layla are university students in the West Bank who hail from Khan Yunis in Gaza. He is pursuing a degree in literature and she in engineering, but they are forced to return home before completing their courses. In the more religious and traditional environment of Khan Yunis, their love story can continue only by marrying. Yet Qays, who is a construction worker living in a refugee camp, is too poor to convince Layla’s father that he can provide for his beloved daughter. As the couple struggles to be together, Qays paints verses from the classical poem Majnun Layla all over Khan Yunis, a rebellious act that angers Layla’s father and the local self-appointed moral police.

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Palestinian Territory Netherlands United States of America United Arab Emirates
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Maisa Abd Elhadi

Layla

Qais Nashif

Qays

Yosef Abu Wardeh

Al-Mahdi

Amer Khalil

Qays' Father

Jihad Al-Khattib

Walid

Basel Husseini

Hitham

Najwa Mubarki

Leyla's Mother

Suhell Nafar

Fisherman

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