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Zain Duraie on breaking Arab cinema's silence around mental health with Oscar contender Sink

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“Zain Duraie on breaking Arab cinema's silence around mental health with Oscar contender Sink”

Jordanian filmmaker Zain Duraie believes Arab cinema has spent too long returning to familiar subjects. Stories of war, poverty and political upheaval have shaped how the region is represented on screen, while more intimate struggles have received less attention. With her debut feature, Sink , Duraie wanted to address one of those neglected subjects: mental health and the stigma surrounding it in Arab societies. “I felt like nobody has spoken about the stigma of mental health, especially in…

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