Mamdouh Hamadeh

How do you make a character of flesh and blood on paper? A journey into dramatic psychology and the three dimensions of character.

The director is not merely an executor, but a script's second author. A study of the contemporary director's tools and how to use them.

A comprehensive review of screenwriting's most influential reference book, and a look at its classic three-act paradigm.

An analysis of how tragedy is enlisted to produce laughter, with examples from enduring dramatic works that exposed the unspoken with a smile.

Why does some dialogue read as wooden while other dialogue breathes? Practical notes on writing dialogue that lives.

A short story about a moment of reflection before a decision never made.

A musing on words that turn to stone when they go unspoken.

A short poem about silence and a wounded song.

An exclusive translation of a chapter from "A Stranger in His Own Land."

A man meets, at a scientific conference in Beirut, the schoolmate he never noticed — and discovers that love can arrive late.

A boy waits for breakfast and a box of Dutch cheese — then Quneitra falls before he can taste it, and the loss stays with him for life.

The iconic comedy that chronicled the life of the fictional village of Umm al-Tanafes al-Fouqa with sharp, deeply observant satire.

A social comedy tracking the feud between the Bou Qa'qour and Bou Malha families, dissecting the structure of traditional society.

One of the earliest works to spotlight bureaucracy and social transformation with a critical eye.

A comic Bedouin series about two foundlings raised by the whole Tawarid tribe, now rivals for Wadha's love.

Men drag their wells on wheels from parched yellow land toward the green fields in search of water.

One tap, one drop of water, and a thirsty crowd straining and pulling at one another to reach it.

Two men try to fan a single fire through their pipes while smoke fills the air.

A man breathing through a tube that comes out of his mouth, bubbles of thought rising from his perforated head.

The 1992 signed version of the fish and the bait: the bait devours the one who came to eat it.

The same millstone turning with those who push it, but the flag is pink now: a soft hope circling the same spot.

The original script of the series' first episode, introducing the people of Umm al-Tanafes al-Fouqa.

The script for the episode covering Abu Qa'qour and Abu Malha's feud over the mukhtar's seat.

A complete 50-lesson course in screenwriting and scene acting with Mamdouh Hamadeh — from the first idea to the filmed scene.