Issue 7
Qataris Abroad
continues to represent Qatar’s blossoming film
industry in the global arena to this day. It recounts
Qatar’s journey from “ancient wilderness to
contemporary metropolis,” and as Qatar and India
celebrated their joint Year of Culture last year,
“Embodiment” won over further admirers at the
prestigious 2019 Mumbai Film Festival.
The glitz and glamour of showbiz can entice many,
however AlMarri reveals that his greatest motivation
is not the media coverage but that “everyone got to
I was always afraid of putting
my work out there for people
to judge, but in that moment,
I knew that this is what I’m
supposed to do.
see my country [Qatar] the way I see it… I was very
proud of my country for being in the international
Khalifa AlMarri, Film Director
spotlight.”
The set of
AlMarri’s film
“Embodiment”
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