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Ebtisam Mara'ana

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Ebtisam Mara'ana, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was born in Fureidis in 1975. A graduate of the school of Cinema and Television at the Jewish-Arab academic center of Givat Haviva with a BA in communications from David Yalin College in Jerusalem, she directed a number of reportages for "Feminine Outlook" and "Arabesques" on Israel's Channel One. Her documentary on unrecognized Palestinian villages "Waking up to a Motherland" was broadcast on Israel's Channel Two. Mara'ana has worked as an assistant director for filmakers Simon Biton, Ram Loevy, and Duki Dror. Paradise Lost is her first feature documentary.