Assal Ghawami

Desperate for companionship, a lonely, young Palestinian-American man agrees to marry an Israeli woman in need of a Green Card, forcing them to re-examine their respective cultural and familial traditions.

The Girl sitting Here tackles the culture of sexual violence against women in the Middle East as we follow Bahar getting pushed to into a temporary marriage.

A documentary film crew follows an Iranian woman, a doctor who is living under political house arrest. Inviting journalists into her home to share her research can hold a potential death sentence, a risk she is willing to take in order to save countless lives.