Deaf Countries by Eyad Hamam
Jordan
2 min | 2009
The online presentation of films from „Arab Shorts 2009” on this site ended by 31 December 2011.
Sign language across the Arab World has been recognised and documented. Many efforts have been made to unify sign language used in individual countries, standardise the language and spread it among members of the deaf community and those interested. Such efforts produced many sign languages, almost as many as Arabic-speaking countries, yet with the same sign alphabets. The same can be applied to the results of the different political positions of the Arab countries. The film presents the Arabic country names in Jordan’s local sign language.
About the Filmmaker
Eyad Hamam works in filmmaking and postproduction. He has assisted a large number of local filmmakers in realising their films. Hamam is currently working on his documentary Clash of the Titans. The film explores the phenomena of stadium “rivalry” that can be found everywhere - in Jordan it occurs between Jordanians and Palestinians, each of whom has “their team” that they support. He also co-directed Man in a Cup with Yahya Al Abdallah in 2005 and Arabizi with Dalia Al Kury.
Eyad Hamam works in filmmaking and postproduction. He has assisted a large number of local filmmakers in realising their films. Hamam is currently working on his documentary Clash of the Titans. The film explores the phenomena of stadium “rivalry” that can be found everywhere - in Jordan it occurs between Jordanians and Palestinians, each of whom has “their team” that they support. He also co-directed Man in a Cup with Yahya Al Abdallah in 2005 and Arabizi with Dalia Al Kury.
