Trailer for Captain Abu Raed. Playing at Sundance Film Festival Jan 22-26. Opening in theaters in Amman, Jordan Feb 6th 2008. Winner of Best Actor Award at the Dubai International Film Festival.

A market scene in Karak, Jordan.

Amin Matalqa continues the journey with his Jordanian feature film “Captain Abu Raed”, bringing it to life with the help of Austin Wintory’s orchestral score. The score was recorded on October 27th, 2007 at Warner Bros. Studios with the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Get an exciting sneak peak at the scoring session for the storytelling cue,.

Photography By: Sabri Hakim

Written By: Naseem Tarawnah A few weeks after the Ramadan visit to the Baqaa (Bag3a) Palestinian refugee camp, the Action Committee returned to help out a family in need. The father is of Syrian decent and operates a ka3k trolley, which essentially means he walks around all day making cheap sandwiches. His wife is Jordanian.

Video Montage of Jordanian feature film, Captain Abu Raed.

Taken by zerega  Remains of the black city of Umm Al-Jimal (Mother of Camels) in northern Jordan. The approx. 130 buildings and 15 churches give a fascinating insight into rural life during Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic times. The town is part of a series of ‘Desert Castles’ east of Amman on the road into.

Picture by: futurowoman