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Embassy of Jordan - Washington, DC
Information Bureau
jordaninfo@aol.com
202-265-1606
www.jordanembassyus.org
February 03, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Embassy of Jordan in Washington, DC & Layalina
Production Screen “Life after Death”
January 28th, 2010, Washington, DC - The Embassy
of Jordan in Washington, DC together with Layalina
Productions co-hosted a special screening for “Life
after Death,” a long hour documentary featuring family
members of American, Arab and European victims of
Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks and their compelling messages
of suffering, endurance, and hope.
The film, a Visionaire Media production in association
with Layalina Productions, focuses on one simple, yet
irrefutable message: repudiate and further marginalize
terror by highlighting its gruesome and universal human
toll.
Granvilette Kestenbaum, originally from Baltimore, lost
Howard, her husband of 31 years, on 9/11. Her daughter
Lauren grew up as a bi-racial Jewish kid in New York.
Gran and Lauren travel and reach out to family members
of victims of the 11/9 Amman hotel bombings and the 3/11
Madrid train bombings. In the process, Gran and Lauren
confront the changes in their lives in the seven years
since Howard was taken from them and their relationship
with each other.
Life After Death is executive produced by Academy Award
nominated Jerome Gary and Leon Shahabian, Layalina’s
Vice President & Treasurer. It is directed by Shawn
Thompson. The film show will air throughout the Arab
world on Al-Arabiya news channel and serve as an
indictment of extremist violence.
The event was attended by members of the diplomatic
community, Jordanians living in the DC area as well as
American friends of Jordan. 
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