Ajami

Story

Synopsis

Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: Hadir. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to find his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians.

Directors

Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani

Writers

Yaron Shani, Scandar Copti

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

Germany, Israel

Release date

29 August 2009

Budget

$1,000,000

Box office

$1,331,651

Ensemble

Cast

• Fouad Habash

  Nasri

• Nisrine Rihan

  Ilham

• Elias Saba

  Shata

• Youssef Sahwani

  Abu-Lias

• Abu George Shibli

  Sido

• Ibrahim Frege

  Malek

• 

  Scandar Copti

  Binj

• 

  Shahir Kabaha

  Omar

• Hilal Kabob

  Anan

• 

  Ranin Karim

  Hadir

• Eran Naim

  Dando Ben David

• Sigal Harel

  Dando's sister