Jordan (officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) has long been celebrated for its ancient ruins, Bedouin traditions, and cultural legacy carved deep into the desert, but the country has never been ...

Abu Raed (Nadim Sawalha) is an elderly widower who works as a janitor at the international airport in Amman, Jordan. He’s well-read, philosophical, and given to moments of spontaneous whimsy, as when ...

The tale of an elderly airport janitor mistaken for a glamorous international pilot by his working-class neighborhood kids, “Captain Abu Raed” is a straightforward heart-tugging melodrama that, while ...

An airport janitor by trade, the title character of the Jordanian drama "Captain Abu Raed" can't offer much by way of material goods, but he's got something even better: He traffics in hope. He offers ...

An art-house crowd- pleaser from Jordan, “Captain Abu Raed” follows a safe tradition of palatable imports, with many of the ingredients found in heartwarmers like “Kolya,” “Cinema Paradiso” and last ...

Amin Matalqa's "Captain Abu Raed" won the grand prize for best dramatic feature, worth $100,000, at the Heartland Film Festival, which focuses on upbeat films about the human condition. By Gregg ...

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Sad, old Abu Raed, airport janitor and white-bearded widower, lives alone in his dim apartment, making tea for his dead wife and telling her about his days. Raed finds a pilot’s hat in the trash, ...

WHO: Producer David Pritchard will receive the “Visionary Filmmaker Award” on Saturday, March 21 at the SunDeis Film Festival red carpet awards ceremony. WHAT: Brandeis University’s sixth-annual ...

Abu Raed (Nadim Sawalha) is an elderly widower who works as a janitor at the international airport in Amman, Jordan. He’s well-read, philosophical and given to moments of spontaneous whimsy, as when ...

Abu Raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. One day, he finds an old discarded pilot's hat, and discovers a calling: a group of ...