Alia Yunis

Jul 9, 2024 | aramcoworld.com | Alia Yunis

If you like an easy, sweet summer drink, perhaps try blending dates, cold milk and vanilla ice cream. The drink is known as the “California Date Shake” and has been associated with the state’s Coachella Valley for decades. In the US over the past few years, dates have been trending as a superfood, often promoted in the recipes of energy smoothies or nutrition bars.

Nov 17, 2023 | adimagazine.com | Alia Yunis

Alia Yunis is a writer and filmmaker and a past PEN Emerging Voice Fellow. Her featuredocumentary, The Golden Harvest (2019), a 6,000-year-old love story that began inPalestine, is currently playing in festivals and other venues and won Best of the Fest atits US debut at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. Her debut novel, TheNight Counter (Random House), was critically-acclaimed by the Washington Post, the BostonGlobe, Entertainment Weekly and several publications.

Nov 8, 2023 | aramcoworld.com | Alia Yunis

“Sami Kafati has been my most important teacher,” says Honduran filmmaker Darwin Yaney Mendoza. “I still learn from him every day. We are in conversation in so many ways.” Mendoza has never actually met Honduras’ first filmmaker, who died in 1996, years before Mendoza began making his own films. But the ghost of Kafati, who was born in Palestine, is present in Mendoza’s aspirations—and throughout the story of Honduran cinema. Kafati’s body of work includes many Honduran firsts.

May 9, 2023 | voordekunst.nl | Alia Yunis

Help us realise the third edition of the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam, please donate now!(Voor Nederlands graag naar beneden scrollen!)Introduction: Greetings from windy Amsterdam! I’m Nihal Rabbani and I need your help with setting up the third edition of the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam, which will be held at Rialto De Pijp from 12-15 May 2023.