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In five-minute episodes, ‘Zyara’ manages to engrave parts of its subjects’ souls, some of their stories and most of all—their emotions.
An award-winning web series created by Muriel Aboulrouss and Denise Jabbour, produced by Home of Cine-Jam—'Zyara’ is an Arabic word that means “visit” or “encounter”. In this series of poeticized portraits featuring authentic emotional stories of resilience from people living in Lebanon, ‘Zyara’ highlights people who transcended their greatest challenges in life and kept moving forward with faith and positivity. We believe that we are here on a visit and we don’t know how short it is. We believe that we need to learn from each other, respect one another and focus on what brings us together, as our tagline says— “Life is a beautiful Zyara”.

Credits

Director
Muriel Aboulrouss
Producer
Denise Jabbour
Cast
N/A

About the Director

Muriel Aboulrouss
Muriel Aboulrouss is a multiple award-winning cinematographer from Lebanon. Her extensive cinematography credits include numerous feature documentaries, films, and web series. ‘Zyara’, the award-winning documentary web series, marks her first creation as a director and cinematographer, in partnership with Denise Jabbour and produced by their humanitarian arts association, Home of Cine-Jam. Muriel
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