While running a women-only fuel station, Layal struggles to keep the family business afloat amid a fuel crisis. When her estranged sister suddenly comes to town, the sibling's strained relationship reaches breaking point.

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Sara Ishaq

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Sara Ishaq, Nadia Eliewat

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Nadia Eliewat

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Screen Project

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Sara Ishaq

While pursuing an MFA in Film Directing at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2011, Sara returned home to Yemen to document the country’s ‘Arab Spring’. At the same time, she filmed her short documentary film Karama Has No Walls (2012), which was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award and an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short). In 2013, her award-winning personal doc The Mulberry Hous

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