Oprah Winfrey gushes over ‘director extraordinaire’ Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki and her husband Khaled Mouzanar at an event earlier this year. (AFP)
Updated 12 February 2019
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Oprah Winfrey gushes over ‘director extraordinaire’ Nadine Labaki

DUBAI: Oscar nominated Lebanese director Nadine Labaki and her producer husband Khaled Mouzanar dined with Oprah Winfrey, who took to Instagram to share the exciting moment this week.

"Look who came for lunch… director extraordinaire @nadinelabaki and her producer husband Khaled.

I love their movie #Capernaum so much. If you get the chance, see it!"

Oprah previously expressed her love for the movie on social media and was joined in her sentiment by actress Glenn Close who said the film impacted her deeply in a red-carpet interview at the BAFTAs, when asked what her top films of the year were.

“Capernaum. It moved me to my absolute core. I think it’s a masterwork. I really do,” she said.


Highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm’ exhibition in Dubai

Updated 27 February 2026
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Highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm’ exhibition in Dubai

DUBAI: Here are three highlights from Saher Nassar’s ‘Chronicles from the Storm,’ which runs until March 18 at Zawyeh Gallery in Dubai.

‘Chronicles No. 1’

In his latest solo exhibition, the Palestinian artist “reimagines events that push past emotional capacity toward moral exhaustion, questioning the ethical certainty of the human spirit when faced with immense suffering,” according to the show catalogue, with works that “contemplate the devaluation of hope as a fundamental factor of human survival, sometimes revealed as currency for escape, sometimes seen in people resorting to their primal instincts to endure.”

‘Chronicles No. 8’

“Drawing from both personal and collective experiences, the exhibition unfolds as a layered reflection on how repeated trauma reshapes perception, belief, and the instinct to survive,” a press release for the show states. “Nasser translates lived realities into visual studies that move beyond immediate reaction. Rather than seeking resolution or catharsis, the works dwell in a state of moral exhaustion.”

‘Chronicles No. 3’

In “Chronicles from the Storm,” the UAE-based multidisciplinary artist is not attempting to offer answers, the press release suggests; rather, he is “bearing witness” and “inviting viewers to sit with unresolved questions and the uneasy persistence of the human spirit in the aftermath of the storm.” The works on show “carry a restrained intensity, resisting spectacle in favor of contemplation,” the release continues.