Ziad Bakri

Personal context

Summary

Ziad Bakri is a Palestinian actor and filmmaker whose work includes The Time That Remains, Screwdriver, The Translator, and The Weekend Away. His public comments have focused on Palestinian identity and life under occupation: in an interview about Screwdriver, he described Palestinians as living in a place that is theirs but where they are not free, and criticized films that reduce Palestinians to invincible heroes. He also declined an invitation to the El Gouna Film Festival in solidarity with actor Ali Suleiman after Suleiman was refused entry to Egypt. No public statements on DEI, LGBTQ advocacy, or party politics are on record.