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Film Screening: Bye Bye Tiberias

15 May 2025, 5:30 pm–8:30 pm

section of the Bye Bye Tiberias poster

We are delighted to screen this award-winning documentary, examining the strength of four generations of women in a Palestinian family.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

UCL Middle East Research Centre

Location

Archaeology lecture theatre G6
31–34 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PY

Bye Bye Tiberias (Arabic: باي باي طبريا, romanized: Bāy Bāy Ṭabariyya) is a 2023 documentary film. It follows Hiam Abbass, who leaves her Palestinian village of Deir Hanna in the Lower Galilee, Israel to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and sisters. Abbass returns to her village, with her daughter, Soulaem, to explore her mother's choices, and family influence. It is a co-production between Palestine, Belgium, France and Qatar. Read more on Wikipedia

  • Directed by: Lina Soualem
  • Produced by: Jean-Marie Nizan
  • Starring: Hiam Abbass
  • Edited by: Gladys Joujou
  • Music by: Amine Bouhafa

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Yousif Qasmiyeh, a Palestinian poet & scholar (Oxford), Feryal Awan, Lecturer in Media and Postcolonial Studies (UCL) and Aimee Shaalan, head of Makan. We are particularly pleased to be screening this documentary on such a significant date, Nakba Day.

All welcome but please register to attend: https://ucl-byebyetiberias.eventbrite.co.uk


This event has been co-organised by the UCL Centre for Transnational and Global History, the UCL Middle East Research Centre and UCL Social Research Institute