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Layla, Layli and her Possible Dreams<\/strong>
by Maria Harfouche<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n

Synopsis<\/h2>

During the \u201cWoman, Life, Freedom\u201d uprising in Iran, I meet an Iranian dissident online while I am in Lebanon, my home country.\u00a0<\/span>Over a year of conversations, I fall in love with him\u2014and with the image of the revolutionary he embodies. When we finally meet, the image shatters: in his struggle, there is no room for love.
\n<\/span>From this impossibility begins a journey across the Middle East.\u00a0Through encounters with women in Iraq, Iran and Lebanon,
\n<\/span>Layla, Layli and Her Possible Dreams<\/em> revisits the ancient legend of Layla and Majnun<\/i>, questioning the imagination of love these myths have shaped\u2014and their validity today. <\/span>Layla in Arabic, Layli in Persian, means \u201cfeminine night.\u201d In this night, a shared struggle connects us, and the film becomes the space of our encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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    Biography<\/h2>

    Maria, born in Beirut in 1982, is a filmmaker and artist whose practice evolved from documentary theatre to film and photography.\u00a0<\/span>Her work explores ways of moving beyond the narratives and archives of power, gathering alternative stories through encounters and voices collected during her journeys across the Middle East.
    \n<\/span>Filmed in Lebanon, her first documentary, Tempo Fragile<\/em>, draws on the biblical figure of the woman turned into a pillar of salt to reflect on judgment, faith, and obedience in a region long scarred by sectarian massacres.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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