The Syrian film-maker on the food that tastes of home, the author she longs to have met and the game she wins by cheating Born in 1991, Waad al-Kateab is a Syrian film-maker and journalist. In 2019 she directed the documentary For Sama, which told the story of the battle for Aleppo as a letter to her daughter. The film won a Bafta for best documentary and was nominated for an Academy Award, and Al-Kateab's reporting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM on December 2, 2023