The director and scriptwriter Oussama Mohammad (*1954) studied Film at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. His films are concerned with power structures and their effects on individual identity. As the smallest organisational structure of the state, the family propagates social order and thereby maintains its traditions.

Selected Filmography: Today Everyday (Al Yawm Kol Yaom) (1980), Stars in Broad Daylight (Nujum al-Nahar) (1988) and Sacrifices (Sunduq ad-Dunya) (2002).