[1][2] Co-director Schwab is an associate professor of film at Montreal's Concordia University.

[3] The documentary details the lives of six Montreal Arab men, all with the first name "Osama": They all recount their experiences in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

[5] The film has been recognised as a contribution to the intellectual and artistic debate about the Arab diaspora.

[6] Kaabour presented it in a two-hour special on the Zaven Kouyoumdjian pan Arab talk show "Seereh w Enfatahit" (Arabic سيرة وانفتحت) on the Lebanese Future Television channel.

[7][8] Being Osama has won international awards including: