Saleem Albeik

Saleem Albeik is a Palestinian-French film critic, novelist and editor based in Paris. His latest book, “Biography of Palestinian Cinema: Limitations of Spaces and Characters,” was released in 2025 by the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut.

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Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor win the Special Jury Prize for "NAZA" during the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, September 12, 2026. (Wikimedia Commons)
The permanence of ‘NAZA’
We already knew about Israel’s mass killing in Gaza. But the film’s box office records are a testament to the power of cinema — and its capacity to endure.
By Saleem Albeik November 2, 2026
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