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Ibtisam Salh Mara'ana

Ibtisam Salh Mara'ana, a Palestinian Israeli citizen, was born in Paradise in 1975. She graduated the school of cinema and television at the Jewish-Arab academic center of Givat Haviva. She directed a number of reports for the "Feminine Outlook" and "Arabeska" programs on Israel's Channel One. Her documentary on unrecognized Arab villages " Wake up to the Native Land " was aired on Israel's Channel Two. Mara’ana was the assistant director in the films made by Simon Bitton, Ram Levi, and Duki Dror. “Paradise Lost” is her first full-length film. Her filmography includes WAKE UP TO THE NATIVE LAND, the story of the unrecognized Palestinian villages inside Israel (1999).


Paradise Lost
A film by Ibtisam Salh Mara'ana, 2003, 56 min., Color
Arab Israeli filmmaker Ibtisam Salh Mara'ana grew up in Paradise (Fureidis in Arabic), a small fishing village overlooking the Mediterranean. One of t...

3 Times Divorced
A film by Ibtisam Salh Mara'ana, 2007, 74 min., Color
How does a Palestinian woman in Israel survive an abusive husband? When Gaza-born Khitam’s abusive Arab Israeli husband divorces her and gains custody...

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