Personal Info
- Country of residence: Egypt
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Tariq Al-Arian (September 12, 1963)
is a Palestinian director from the city of Jenin. He was born in the State of
Kuwait and resides in Egypt. He holds American citizenship after residing in
America for a long time in addition to his original (Palestinian) nationality.
He is the son of film producer Riyad Al-Arian, who produced most of Ahmed
Zaki’s films. Al-Arian learned the principles of directing in the United States
of America in the state of Illinois in Chicago, which positively affected his
successful works by virtue of his blending of Arab cinema with the Western
touch.
his life
Tariq Al-Arian married three times,
the first in the early 1990s to a Palestinian woman from the city of Jerusalem
who works outside the artistic community called “Hala Al-Attal”, and she gave
birth to his son “Omar” in 1990, and they separated, so that he married again
to the Egyptian media, Angie Ali, so he separated again, and he was married to
the Syrian singer Asala Nasri since March 27, 2006, then they announced their
separation in January 2020, and he has twins, Adam and Ali, on May 27, 2011.
Although his films are numbered on the fingers of the hand, he was able to make his mark in the artistic arena. Al-Arian also has an important credit in directing video clips for many singers headed by: Asala, Amr Diab, Amal Maher, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Ramy Sabry and others.
currency
Tariq Al-Arian has a special style in directing, especially in the elements of decoration and lighting, and his study of directing in the United States imprinted on him a special style in his films, as he always tries to be the link between Arab and Western cinema, but this appears in an exaggerated manner sometimes. As happened to the harsh criticism of the lifestyle of the heroes in Snakes and Ladders. And he is not only a movie director as some believe, but he is also a director of advertisements, music videos, and a producer. In addition, Tariq Al-Arian's followers can notice that all of his films have a story from his idea, meaning that most of his few films are a story and directed by Tariq Al-Arian.
He has his own music production company called Star Gate, which includes a number of singers, and they are:
Asala Nasri
Downtown team
Ramy Sabry
Haitham Nabil
Ahmed Saad
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