Their work is praised for becoming the instrument of change and creativity which they had bonded over and set to achieve. After their first film, Under the Rubble (1983), Masri and Chamoun bought their own equipment allowing them to produce low budget films on their own terms. They lived in Paris for a year to network outside of the Arab film industry, in order to be able to produce and distribute films abroad. The pair received their big break when the BBC commissioned War Generation for their Inside Story. Works Filmography Masri's pictures focus on Palestine and the Middle East and have won awards at film festivals throughout the world. Her films revolve around the lives of ordinary people who are living in bizarre times of conflict and how they manage to keep their humanity throughout the reality of their devastating situations. Her films aim to capture authenticity and as a result tell a different story to the stereotypical dehumanization and dismissing of Palestinians rights portrayed in dominate discourses. Under the Rubble (1983) Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon (1986) War Generation (1989) Children of Fire (1990) Suspended Dreams (1992) Hanan Ashrawi: A Woman of Her Time (1995) Children of Shatila (1998) Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001) Beirut Diaries (2006) 33 Days (2007) 3000 Nights (2015) Beirut: Eye of the Storm (2021) Article Masri, Mai. (January 2008) "Transcending Boundaries", This Week in Palestine. References External links Mai Masri at "Dreams of a Nation", Columbia University Interview Dubai Women's College biography Mai Masri Palestinian Filmmaker 1959 births Living people Palestinian film directors Palestinian women film directors Palestinian women San Francisco State University alumni Artists from Beirut Palestinian people of American descent