Hiam Abbass Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس‎; born November 30, 1960), also Hiyam Abbas, is an actress and film director. She is an Arab citizen of Israel who identifies as a Palestinian. Hiam Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel. She was raised in a traditional Muslim village near the Lebanese border. During the filming of the Steven Spielberg movie Munich, Abbass lived in a hotel with the Arab and Israeli actors for three months. During that time, they had many discussions that "helped both sides grow closer." In an interview in 2006, Abbass said: I still remember how difficult it was for... MORE

Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس‎; born November 30, 1960), also Hiyam Abbas, is an actress and film director. She is an Arab citizen of Israel who identifies as a Palestinian. Hiam Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel. She was raised in a traditional Muslim village near the Lebanese border. During the filming of the Steven Spielberg movie Munich, Abbass lived in a hotel with the Arab and Israeli actors for three months. During that time, they had many discussions that "helped both sides grow closer." In an interview in 2006, Abbass said: I still remember how difficult it was for the Arab actors to manhandle the Israeli actors in the first scene where the Israeli national team is taken hostage." Abbass is known for her roles in Satin Rouge (2002), Haifa (1996), Paradise Now (2005), The Syrian Bride (2004), Free Zone (2005), Dawn of the World (2008), The Visitor (2008), Lemon Tree (2008), and Amreeka (2009). In Spielberg's film, depicting the response to the Munich Massacre, she also served as a dialect and acting consultant. She directed two short films, Le Pain (2001), and La Danse éternelle (2004). She portrays humanitarian Hind al-Husseini in Julian Schnabel's film Miral (2010), LESS