After a two-year hiatus, director Mohammed Khamis returns with a new documentary

After two years of absence, director Mohammed Khamis returns to his activity again, through a documentary film called “Aya”, after the last film he directed, which was called “Three Stories from Gaza”, in which he told three stories from the childhood stolen by the occupation to the risk of journalist Imad Badoun.

The reason for Muhammad Khamis's suspension from work for a period In light of these events, director Mohammed Khamis stopped all cinematic work due to the situation in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, and returned with the film “Aya”, which he said was a different, simple film about the life of a girl who was displaced with her child from southern Lebanon due to the war in search of safety. Through his film, he documents the life of the girl who tells her story and her suffering. The film’s director explains, “I did not just love Gaza and present its suffering to the world, but Lebanon has a great place in my heart.”

It is known that director Mohammed Khamis is distinguished by his humanitarian works that tell people’s pain and stories and convey to the viewer a true idea and value to the world. His work “Ayeh” is considered the only Lebanese work by director Mohammed Khamis.

Honoring Mohammed Khamis at Lifestyle Festival Palestinian director Mohammed Khamis was honored at the Lifestyle Magazine Festival in Qatar, Doha, where the festival annually receives nominations from all content and film makers.

Mohammed Khamis worked on many stories and films about Gaza before and after the war.

Director Mohammed Khamis explained through his account on the Speciale application about the award and his absence from the festival due to his health condition, which prevented him from traveling and receiving the award. Winning was an incentive for him in light of the difficult situation that Gaza is going through.

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for honoring me at the llq Lifestyle Magazine Awards in Doha,” the director wrote on the Speciale app.

About the works of director Mohamed Khamis Director Mohammed Khamis, at the beginning of the October 7 war, launched a series that included works about the martyrs of Gaza, entitled “Tales of the Flood.” At the present time, his film “Three Stories from Gaza” was being shown at festivals, including the Emirates Independent Film Festival and the Badr University Film Festival. It is also possible that he will make a new documentary film about Gaza at the present time.

The director stressed that the win was a great incentive for him in light of the difficult circumstances that Gaza is going through, because it expresses the extent of the impact and resonance of the “Tales of the Flood” series, and he stressed that it gave him encouragement to present more works that support the cause.

Documentary directed by Mohamed Khamis It is noteworthy that the Palestinian director worked on directing a series of films, produced by the Ajyal Documentation and Directing Foundation, the first of which was the film “The Continuing Nakba,” which dealt with the Palestinian Nakba, and was shown for the first time in Sweden.

The second film is “Lubiya Village,” which talks about the Palestinian village of Lubya and the beauty of its nature.

The third film, “Witness to the Siege of Yarmouk,” is a film that depicts the suffering that befell the camp’s refugees following the siege that the camp witnessed.

The story was narrated by one of the women who lived through the siege, witness Ghazala Mustafa Al-Bash, and the interview was filmed in Germany, a few months after her migration.