Budding filmmakers and identical twin brothers Tarzan and Arab - real names Ahmed and Mohamed Abu Nasser - hail from Gaza. They were born in 1988, one year after the last cinemas in Gaza were closed.
They graduated from Al-‐aqsa University with a bachelor degree in fine arts (Painting), the brothers developed their passion for filmmaking. In 2010, Tarzan and Arab received the A.M. Qattan Foundation's prestigious Young Artist of the Year Award for their conceptual artwork Gaza wood, a series of mock-‐Hollywood posters for imaginary feature films named after real Israeli military offensives on Gaza, and their short film Colorful Journey.
The posters and film were featured in a number of exhibits abroad,. Named two of the "50 People Shaping the Culture of the Middle East" by Al-‐Monitor in 2012, in October with the Palestinian architect and designer Rashid Abdelhamid initiated the development of a creative triad and the establishment of Made in Palestine Project, an independent arts initiative to create and promote contemporary visual art with a focus on Palestine. In February of 2013, they wrote and directed the short film, Condom Lead which is nominated for the Palm D'oraward in Cannes film festival competing for the first time as the first Palestinian short film in Cannes.