Legendary Palestinian actor-producer Bakri dies

Legendary Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammed Bakri has passed away recently at the age of 72. International media outlets, citing family sources, reported that he had been suffering from heart problems for a long time. He was buried in his home village in Palestine.

Born in 1953, this talented artist began his acting career in the theater in the 1980s.

Despite being a Palestinian citizen, he was fluent in both Arabic and Hebrew. He made his big screen debut in Oscar-winning Greek-French director Costa-Gavras’s film ‘Hana K.’ He received worldwide acclaim for his portrayal of a Palestinian prisoner in the 1984 film ‘Beyond the Walls’, which was nominated for an
Academy Award (Oscar).