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Today, Lebanese director Burhan Alawia has died in Belgium at the age of 80 from a sudden heart attack.
The Lebanese Ministry of Culture mourned the deceased, explaining in a statement: social, political and economic demonstrations Lebanon, memory, Israeli-Arab conflict, identity and exile.
The ministry felt that Alawiya’s departure is a loss for Lebanon and for culture, and that his brand will remain the witness of his creativity.
The late director’s dossier includes numerous films of a national and Arab character, notably the film “Kafr Qassem”, which was screened in 1975 and is set on the eve of the Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956.
Alawiya was born in the village of Arnoun in southern Lebanon, and worked as an assistant cameraman for Liban TV in order to manage part of his studies, before joining the Higher National Institute of Dramatic Art in Brussels..
He has won numerous prizes, including the Art and Heritage Festival Prize in Brussels, and was nominated for the César Prize for Francophone Film in the production category for the film “Beirut Encounter”.
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