Much-ado at ‘Go with Peace Jamil’

Criticism is bitter medicine, and it was equally hard to swallow at the screening of “Maa Salaama Jamil” (Go in Peace Jamil) as at its aftermath.Omar Shargawi’s directorial début kicks off with an impending sense of doom as the title character is tying loose ends and saying goodbyes. Set in Copenhagen, the story documents the in-fighting between Sunni and Shia clusters, and the never-ending enmities motivated by the need for revenge.In a world where violence begets violence, there is no...