Our Hands (Aydina) | 1982 | 14 min

The filmmaker’s first short film with the National Film Organization, produced after his return to Syria from the Soviet Union, Our Hands is visual essay on laboring, gesturing hands.

Nights of the Jackals (Layali Ibn Awah) | 1989 | 102 min

Nights of the Jackals follows the life of a peasant family, whose days are spent plowing fields and nights are punctuated by the menacing howling of jackals.