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Interview with Yara Melki – AFMI Creators
The Arab Film and Media Institute's Creators Program supports emerging Arab and Arab American filmmakers, through fiscal sponsorship, mentorship, and more. Today, we highlight Yara Melki, and her new short film, Alya. An NYU Tisch alum, the script for Melki's film was inspired by her upbringing in Lebanon, and something she read as an adolescent learning about life. Alya follows the titular sixteen-year-old in Mount Lebanon as she comes of age and falls in love
