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Single and middle-aged, Zainab lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress and her father’s keeper—a stubborn and distant old man who is going senile.
Single and middle-aged, Zainab lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress and her father’s keeper—a stubborn and distant old man who is going senile. After unexpected events, Zainab wakes up to find her father missing. Zainab must now reunite with her three estranged sisters at the old family home to find their father, unwillingly creating a recipe for disaster. As the search for him begins, buried secrets come out, and the sisters get pushed to the edge. Through fights and laughter, the sisters realise that only through overcoming their differences will they find their father, and discover who they truly want to be. ‘Daughters of Abdul-Rahman’ is a universal family drama about women making choices in a patriarchal society. It is a realistic and uplifting tale about four different women who confront the truth about themselves in the most unlikely of situations.

Credits

Director
Zaid Abu Hamdan
Screenwriter
Zaid Abu Hamdan
Producer
Saba Mubarak, Zaid Abu Hamdan

About the Director

Zaid Abu Hamdan
Zaid Abu Hamdan holds an MFA from the New York Film Academy in Hollywood and a BA in Communication Arts from the Lebanese American University. Since 2009, Zaid has written, directed, and produced six award-winning, internationally distributed short films. His film ‘Bahiya & Mahmoud’ was the first Arab short film to qualify for an Oscar nomination in 2012 by winning the Best Of Fest award at the Pa
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