Ruba Nadda

One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide. (imdb)

A romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.

Alexander Siddig, Joshua Jackson and Marisa Tomei star in this taut thriller about a man whose daughter disappears in Damascus, forcing him to return to the country he left behind more than three decades ago. (tiff.net)

A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland. (imdb)

A twelve-year-old girl stands on a street corner and asks the men who pass if they think she's beautiful. (imdb)

A woman bellydances on the street.

One day, a young Muslim woman stops to pray in a public park. She comes back the next day, and the next, first attracting scorn, then support.