The Asian Studies Center, the College of Arts & Letters, the Global Studies in the Arts & Humanities Program, and the Muslim Studies Program are excited to host on the campus of Michigan State University two public and live events organized around the work and life of Mohammad Bakri. 

Bakri is one of the most prominent Palestinian actors and directors. He has had numerous roles in Palestinian, Israeli, and international films, performed on staged, and directed several documentary films, among them 1948 (1998) Jenin Jenin (2002) and Since you Left (2007). He was born in the Galilee village of al-Bi’na in 1953 and rose to prominence in theatre and world cinema in the 1980s. He was close friends with the Palestinian writer Emile Habibbi, and played the lead role of Saeed in the 1986 theatrical adaptation of Habibi’s novel Saeed the Pessoptimist. Bakri is best known in the US for his role in the tv series.

 Attend a live conversation with Mohammad Bakri, facilitated by MSU faculty Marc Bernstein, Ken Harrow, and Camelia Suleiman.