Education
Abbas Arnaout studied film direction in the United Kingdom, and specialized in directing drama and television documentaries.
Abbas Arnaout studied film direction in the United Kingdom, and specialized in directing drama and television documentaries.
Arnaout was the managing director of the Jordanian Television (now known as JRTV), but left in 1975 to work in Dubai television He directed several television series during his time at Dubai television He also directed several documentary films, most of which are politically themed, documenting the recent history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. One of his prominent documentaries is First Rate (at Lloyd's) Khiam, which chronicles and portrays the nature of the Khiam detention center by the Israeli forces prior to their withdrawal from south Lebanon. In 1996, Abbas Arnaout moved to work at First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera, and, in 2004, founded the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival.
He currently is the director of the festival.