Hassan Ibrahim

Directed by Jehane Noujaim, an award-winning Arab-American filmmaker who has lived within and embraced both worlds, Control Room re-examines what is perhaps the pressing question of: "is America radicalizing or stabilizing the Arab world?" By providing a balanced view of Al-Jazeera's presentation of the second Iraq war to their worldwide Arab audience, it calls into question many of the prevailing images and positions offered up by the U.S. news media. (Magnolia Pictures)

This series has a Middle Eastern "Romeo & Juliet" theme. Juman and Hisham fall in love and marry, against their families' advice. With familial pressures and differences in their understanding, their love is sorely tested. (imdb)