The Electronic Intifada — 27 September 2013 For a period in Hany Abu Assad’s new film, Omar, the eponymous protagonist shares an Israeli dungeon with unidentifiable insects he can barely make out in the darkness. Determinedly, they carry out tasks whose purpose he, and possibly they, cannot fathom. Are they prisoners too? And is their … Continue reading ‘Paradise Now’ director tackles taboo of collaboration in new film