UPDATE: Reuters reports that police arrested a member of the Hamas group, who is considered a suspect in the tragic killing of the 52-year old Arab-Israeli actor/director Juliano Mer-Khamis ...

Palestinian author Rula Jebreal bears an uncanny resemblance to Freida Pinto, the Indian actress who portrays the writer’s alter ego in Julian Schnabel’s new film, “Miral.” So it was not ...

This week, days before Miral 's release, I talked to Rula Jebreal about her life, her story, the film, violence, and her optimism for a peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Miral is a red flower that grows in the dessert only when it rains. It's also the name of author Rula Jebreal's tale of three generations of Palestinian women. The book, now a movie, sparked a ...

Likewise, Jebreal is an articulate critic of Israel and has written three books, including “Miral” — about women caught in the crossfire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — which was ...

Julian Schnabel and Rula Jebreal Have Broken Schnup. By Chris Rovzar. Aug. 15, 2011. ... In 2007, the pair met in Rome and decided to turn Jebreal’s book Miral into a film. Schnabel’s then ...

Julian Schnabel’s “Miral” — starring Freida Pinto in the title role, a character based on Schnabel’s real-life Palestinian girlfriend, Rula Jebreal — is turning … ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The film ‘Miral,’ based on the semi-autobiographical novel by ...

‘Miral’: No More Anti-Israeli Than ‘Gandhi’ Is Anti-British. Julian Schnabel’s latest film looks at the Arab-Israeli conflict through the eyes of an Arab ...

Based on the semiautobiographical novel by journalist Rula Jebreal, ... Now comes Miral, which has already inspired more ... When not working on his book about Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, he ...

Miral: Film Review. ... Western-based TV journalist Rula Jebreal, who penned the 2004 book and the screenplay, “Miral” is very much an artistic collaboration between the writer and Schnabel, ...

Rula Jebreal is an award-winning Italian-Palestinian journalist and screenwriter and a foreign-policy analyst for MSNBC. She is the author of three books, including the international bestseller ...