Whispers of the Cities filmmaker inspired by silence
Even though he was born in Iraq, the award-winning filmmaker Kasim Abid is often lost for words when it comes to the place he called home. It is a silence that inspired his latest documentary, Whispers of the Cities.
Kasim Abid, the director of Whispers of the City, is photographed during the Abu Dhabi Film Festival at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. Sarah Dea/The National
Kelly Ann Crane
Even though he was born in Iraq, the filmmaker Kasim Abid is often lost for words when it comes to the place he called home. It is a