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- Country of residence: Syria
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Sulafa Jadallah (1941-2002), a
Palestinian photographer, born in the city of Nablus, grew up in a patriotic
family open to life, raising her sons and daughters on initiative and giving,
as she received her education at Al-Aishiya School, and her passion for
photography was her way of expressing her love for her city, motivating her to
take dozens of Pictures from the details of the city to make an integrated
picture of Nablus. It is worth mentioning that the late Sulafa was taught by
her older brother, Rama Jadallah, who was one of the pioneers of photography in
Palestine, as he began his career in the world of photography and drawing in
the forties of the last century in the city of Nablus, then he established the
most famous studio in the city, known as Rama’a Studio in advance. We have a
distinguished model in the art of photography. In the late fifties, Sulafa took
the initiative with her brother Rama, who accompanied their love of
photography, and some amateurs to form an association for the arts, and from
here Sulafa set out in the early sixties, to be among the first girls who
aspired to complete their university education in the field of cinematography,
and headed towards the Film Institute in Cairo , which was still in its
infancy. Cinematography at that time was a rare and difficult profession, and
Sulafa had to fight a battle against the male mentality that limited this type
of technical and professional specialization to men, but she was able to
convince them of her ability and artistic merit.
her life
Jadallah enrolled as a student at
the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo, majoring in cinematography. Sulafa
succeeded in gaining the trust of her teachers to be chosen to participate in
directing and filming the Egyptian film “The Mountain”, with the well-known
Egyptian director of photography Wahid Farid, to graduate in 1964 from the
Higher Institute of Cinema as the first Arab cinematographer. She was among the
first cohort to graduate from this specialization. After her graduation, she
worked as a cinematographer at the Jordanian Ministry of Information. She had a
major role in establishing the modern Palestinian cinematic work, as she, with
the Palestinian cinematographer Hani Jawhariyyah, filmed a large number of
events of the Palestinian revolution and struggle. She also worked on the first
The films of what is now known as the “Palestinian Revolution Cinema”, and she
was one of those who contributed to the establishment of the Department of
Photography and Archiving of the events, battles and operations that the
revolutionaries fought during that period. Sulafa began filming Palestinian
fighters and revolutionaries, and when the June 5, 1967 war occurred, she,
along with Palestinian cinematographer Hani Jawhariyya, filmed the events and
effects of that war and the tragedy of the Palestinian exodus that occurred
during it. In the same year, she established, with Hani Jawhariyyah and film
director Mustafa Abu Ali, a photography department that films all the
activities of the Palestinian revolution and the events surrounding it, which
developed in the year 1968 after the Battle of Karama into a cinematic unit
that documents all Palestinian events, especially the activities of the
Palestinian political, military, social and cultural revolution. In audio and
video, this unit was later known as the “Palestine Film Unit” and in 1969
produced the first Palestinian struggle cinema films “No to a Peaceful
Solution.” In the same year, Sulafa was shot in the head while she was filming,
which left her paralyzed, which prevented her from walking. Continue to work as
a cinematographer.
its business
Filming “The Mountain” with Waheed
Farid.
The film “No to a Peaceful Solution”with Mustafa Abu Ali, which is a 20-minute documentary film and is considered
the first film of the Palestinian revolution.
Her name was given to the award of
the Fifth Women's Film Festival, which is granted by the Palestinian Screens
Foundation, as it was won by the international Palestinian director Maryse
Gargour and the Lebanese director Nabiha Lutfi.
her death
The creative Sulafa Jadallah passed
away in Damascus in 2002, leaving an honorable imprint in the film sector in
Palestine that everyone will remember. The same prize for which the award was
named, and also for the British director Kim Longinoto, then in 2006 for the
Palestinian director from Nazareth “Nada Al Yasir” and in 2007 for the Indian
Canadian director “Diba Mahta” and in the fourth session 2008 for the Lebanese
director Randa Chahal Sabbagh, and in In the fifth session 2009, the
Palestinian-French director Maryse Gargour and the Lebanese Nabiha Lutfi were
honored and equally awarded the festival award. In the sixth session 2010, the
Lebanese director Henny Srour won the award, and in the seventh session the
award was withheld. As for the eighth session, the editor Rabab Haj Yahya won
it.
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