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Amreeka

أمريكا

Film about a Palestinian mother and son who emigrate to America and face post-9/11 prejudice; screened at international festivals.

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Refugees, migrants and diasporaAnti-Muslim hatred

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2009 CE · 1430 AH†
Countries
US
Approach
drama of Muslim life

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A film about a Palestinian mother and her son who emigrate to America and face prejudice after 9/11; screened at international festivals. 1 2

People and things also explored

Emigration to the West — hope or pain (the brain drain)· Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)· The Arabs and their peoples before Islam· Hijra (migration for the sake of religion)· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· The emigrants to Abyssinia· The brotherhood of the Muhajirun and Ansar· The first migration to Abyssinia

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Amreeka”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/amreeka-2009/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Emigration to the West — hope or pain (the brain drain)

The 'Al-Wasatiyya' episode on emigration to the West. The youth voted: 34% would emigrate immediately, 26% would hesitate, 40% would not; and 84% saw the phenomenon as large and dangerous. The host's figures: 54% of scholarship students never return, 50% of doctors and 29% of engineers; and 75% of the scientist class among migrants to America. The panel concluded that 2 million high-skilled leave yearly — while nations are developed by their 1-2% — and the cure is an attracting environment: good governance, human rights, rule of law and a welfare state.