Multiple Arab airlines pick up the rights for film about the oppression of Jews in Portuguese city during the Inquisition.
A number of airlines from Arabic-speaking countries are set to screen a film highlighting the plight of Jews during the Inquisition, The Jerusalem Post reported this week.
The film in question, titled “1618”, was produced by Lighthouse Films in conjunction with the Jewish community of Porto, Portugal, and is based on the true story of efforts by inquisitors in the year 1618 to persecute the city’s remaining Jewish community.
The airlines that have purchased the rights to the film are based both in countries with formal diplomatic ties to Israel, like Egyptair, and those hostile to the Jewish state, including Syrian Airlines and Middle East Airlines, a Lebanon-based company.
Qatar Airways, Iraqi Airways, and Kuwait Airways have also purchased rights to the film.