Nizar Wattad

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Nizar Wattad
Born	Palestine
Nationality	Arab-American
Occupation	Screenwriter, Record producer

Nizar Wattad is an Arab-American screenwriter, producer and hip-hop artist.

Wattad graduated from the George Washington University in 2002 and worked as a journalist. Wattad began his ongoing collaboration with Oscar-nominated / Golden Globe-winning film director Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now).

He was recruited by Walt Disney Pictures to write the screenplay for their first-ever Arabic-language film, The United, which was released by Touchstone in 2012.

Music

Wattad and his younger brother Bader began freestyle rapping while growing up in Johnson City, Tennessee. The brothers formed The Philistines, and in 2003 released their debut album Self Defined, with lyrics reflecting a wide range of contemporary issues, notably the situation of the Palestinians.

Wattad continued to perform alongside longtime friend and colleague Omar Chakaki (Offendum), with whom he co-produced the NOMADS vs Philistines mixtape (2006). Wattad and Chakaki have also collaborated with HBO Def Poet Mark Gonzales on the spoken-word performance-lecture Brooklyn Beats to Beirut Streets.

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Name	Wattad, Nizar
Alternative names
Short description	Arab-American Writer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Palestine
Date of death
Place of death

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