Yumna Marwan

Acting

Yumna Marwan

Yumna Marwan is a film and TV actress. She grew up in Beirut and spent her teenage years in Iowa, USA. She started her professional acting career in 2013 in the Lebanese feature film The Valley. She's married to Palestinian actor Ali Suliman.

Known For

Palestine 36Palestine 36 · 2025
Palestine 36
7.82025
MovieDramaHistory
Year 1936. As villages across Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe and some arriving with nefarious Zionist-colonial ambitions, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.
I Was a StrangerI Was a Stranger · 2025
I Was a Stranger
6.72025
MovieDramaThriller
A Syrian doctor and her daughter flee Aleppo, setting off a chain of events that binds five strangers together. A smuggler, a soldier, a poet, and a coast guard captain collide in a crisis that tests their courage, their choices, and their humanity.
The ValleyThe Valley · 2014
The Valley
6.32014
MovieDrama
After surviving a car crash in the middle of Lebanon's isolated Beqaa Valley, an amnesiac man finds himself held hostage on a local farm that doubles as an illegal drug-production facility.
The RiverThe River · 2021
The River
6.02021
MovieDrama
It's autumn. A man and a woman are about to leave a restaurant situated in the heart of the Lebanese mountains. They are suprised by fighter planes screaming past at low altitude. In the distance, war seems to be breaking out once more. Losing sight of the woman, the man starts looking for her. He finds her on the other side of the mountain. Together they sink deeper into nature, which becomes increasingly spectral, just like the slender thread that ties them to each other.
Inshallah a BoyInshallah a Boy · 2024
Inshallah a Boy
7.12024
MovieDrama
After the sudden death of her husband, working mother Nawal has to fight for her inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in a society where having a son would be a game changer.
Costa Brava, LebanonCosta Brava, Lebanon · 2022
Costa Brava, Lebanon
6.62022
MovieDrama
Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land.
SubmarineSubmarine · 2016
Submarine
5.02016
MovieDrama
Under the imminent threat of Lebanon's garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home.
From the MountainFrom the Mountain · 2021
From the Mountain
10.02021
MovieHistory
The fiery leader of the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925 fights to keep the revolution alive in exile. When the struggle for independence comes at the expense of his displaced family's safety, he must decide to sacrifice either his family or his country. The film explores the themes of bravery, loyalty and patriotism, as well as the difficult choices one must make when protecting their family.

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