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Usama Alshaibi was born in Baghdad, Iraq and spent most of his childhood living between the Arab world and the United States. He is an award winning filmmaker and has written and directed two narrative features, one documentary feature and several short films and music videos.
This is his personal website.
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Usama Twitter
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I met Harmony Korine once and we talked about his Iraqi grandmother. #korine 5 hours ago
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Hehe. Buy Profane on DVD | TLA Raw: http://t.co/17J0ro0x 7 hours ago
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father and daughter, Iowa 2012 http://t.co/dipn8xQV 3 days ago
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Packing and getting ready for our move to Colorado. My daughter is lit up not sure what is up. She glows like a beam of light when I see her 3 days ago
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We had a decent turnout to our garage sale. The only person to haggle with me was an Indian lady. She kept asking me for the 'real' price :) 5 days ago
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This is war. This is about good and evil. And I believe being against gay marriage puts you firmly on the side of evil. #obama #gop #evil 1 week ago
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About time for Obama. Good for him. Good for America. 1 week ago
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Allahu Akbar and Dogirl playing in Germany at Directors Lounge
Allahu Akbar and Dogirl playing at Directors Lounge at the Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), World Heritage Site Zollverein. Directors Lounge presents a wide variety of experimental film and new media…
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Chicago Underground Film Festival’s Salonathon Spooktacular
Monday, October 31 Chicago Underground Film Festival’s Salonathon Spooktacular. Short Halloween Showcase at Beauty Bar. Full list of films playing including Slaughtered Pigtails (by Kristie Alshaibi and Usama Alshaibi) The…
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Screening in Switzerland at Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival
Profane will be playing at the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (LUFF) on October 20 & 22, 2011. Muna is a dominatrix whose daily life comes down to sex and…
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Berlin Screening of Profane
Profane screening at Porn Film Festival Berlin. Playing October 27 & 30, 2011. PROFANE is a moody and darkly humorous feature about the young Muslim Pro Domina Muna in the midst…
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Profane New York Premiere at New Filmmakers screening at Anthology Film Archive
Playing Wednesday, October 12. Click here for time and ticket information. 8:40 PM First Feature Presentation Usama Alshaibi PROFANE (2011, 78 minutes) A young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.
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American Arab Preview & Panel at Milwaukee Film Festival
Join me this Monday at the Milwaukee Film Festival. I will be discussing my new film American Arab on a panel with writer Dr. Louise Cainkar. I will also be…
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Ballard And Trauma by Jack Sargeant
This essay is by writer and film programmer Jack Sargeant. Here he discusses the novel Crash and its relationship to other artist including my films. The novel by J.G Ballard had…
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Screenings in Germany, Australia, Switzerland and Netherlands for feature film Profane
Upcoming screenings: Sydney Underground Film Festival (Australia) September 9, 2011. B Movie and Trash Film Festival (Netherlands) September 7, 2011. Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland) October 18 to…
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Muneera Cinema Alshaibi born August 30, 2011
I’m finally a father now! Her name is Muneera Cinema Alshaibi. If you break down the meaning of Muneera and Cinema it means brilliant light in motion. We had a mello and…
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‘Profane’ finishing funds
Award winning motion picture Profane needs some help to be completed. The films needs a final sound mix and some minor color correction. After that the film will be pressed…