Rana's Wedding

A Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Rana wakes up one morning to an ultimatum delivered by her father: she must either choose a husband from a preselected list of men, or she must leave Palestine for Egypt with her father by 4:00 that afternoon.

Cast

Khalifa Natour

as Khalil

Clara Khoury

as Rana

Ismael Dabbag

as Ramzy

Walid Abed Elsalam

as Marriage Official

Zuher Fahoum

as Abu Siad, Rana's father

Bushra Karaman

as Rana's Grandmother

Georgina Asfour

as Mary

Manal Awad

as Alia

Nasrin Buqa'i

as Samira

Huda Al Imam

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