What rounds out this classically assembled, charm-zested yarn about finding one’s voice in a changing world is al-Mansour’s and co-screenwriter Brad Niemann’s caring portrait of Maryam’s ...

Writer-director Maryam Keshavarz’s lively sophomore feature ... But there’s no denying the self-reflective and humorous charm of “The Persian Version,” which won the Screenwriting ...

Throughout her life, Nana Maryam held the esteemed position of a charming princess, a humble daughter of a king. Her royal stature was solidified by becoming a queen, the beloved wife of a king.

The al-Khalifas : cowards, cheats and thieves. Maryam is the opposite. She is a human rights cannonball, a princess of democracy. When she speaks you feel the energy of the Bahraini people at ...