Arab in America -The Movie!

VICTORY!!!

// March 16th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Making Arab

USA Today

WE DID IT!!!  Arab In America is now OFFICIALLY the Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Link TV One Nation Many Voices Film Competition!!!!  YAY!!!  And if that wasn’t amazing in itself, USA Today has written a story covering the event which will run in tomorrow’s newspaper and online!!!  You can check out the article by clicking this link!  All of this is really overwhelming and there’s many, many people to thank – so I’ll try to do the best I can.

First and foremost, I’d like to thank all of you for believing in the project and voting for it!  Without your constant interest, friendship, support, and encouragement – we wouldn’t be here today…

Secondly, I’d like to thank my AMAZING cast & crew for putting together one hell of a film.  You guys put in a lot of hard hours to see this project get to where it is, and I’m eternally grateful.

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Watch the Arab in America Short ONLINE! (and VOTE!)

// January 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Everything Else, Making Arab

AIA at the One Nation Film Competition!

Hey guys!  A five minute edit of the Arab in America short has just been added to the One Nation Many Voices Film Competition hosted by Link TV! However, before I give you guys the direct link, I have to make a plea.

The only way to get into the semi-finals of this competition is to get a ton votes and comments. So, if you would all please, after seeing the film, vote AND comment on the film, that’d mean the world to us!

Okay, so without further ado, the 5 minute cut of the Arab in America short Film!

http://www.linktv.org/onenation/films/view/419 – Tell Your Friends!

(there are some jokes and scenes that didn’t make this 5 minute cut…  don’t get sad if you don’t see your favorite part of the trailer in this edit…  the dvd is in the works and you’ll be able to get the film in its entirety, soon…  please be patient! -thanks)

-Nabil

Arab in America: Status Update 1

// December 17th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Making Arab

I know a lot of people have been wondering where the project currently stands instead of sifting through all the history of how the film started…  To oblige those folks (and you can stop emailing me about it, now…), Arab in America, as the feature, has been passed on by many big studios…  We’ve gotten really close (SUPER CLOSE) many, many times (damn writers strike)…  We then decided to shoot the film independently and sought independent investors to fund the film…  and we also got ridiculously close a number of times with that route, too…  Anyway, after all those options proceeded to dry up, we decided to rewrite the entire script to make it more relevant for today…  And we’re still rewriting.

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