Bero Bey News Today

The first thing that strikes one about the film Paradise Now, co-written by director Hany Abu-Assad and Dutch producer Bero Bey­er, is that the voice of non-violence is assigned to the cleverly conceived character of Suha, the daughter of a Palestinian patriot and martyr. In light of the generally reduced role of women in Muslim cultures, it is not insignificant that the auteur chose one to be his philosophical and po­litical mouthpiece. Suha, played by the skilled actress Lubna Azabal, is a...