Being Osama is an award-winning documentary produced in 2004 by Montreal based Diversus Productions.

Producers: Ari A. Cohen and Ivan Beloff.
Film director: Mahmoud Kaabour.
Co-director: Tim Schwab.
Cinematographer: Andrei Khabad
Editor: Yurij Luhovy

Mahmood Kaboor is the founder and managing director of Veritas Films (veritasfilms.ae), based in the United Arab Emirates.
Co-Director Tim Schwab is an Associate Professor of film at Concordia University.

The documentary details the lives of six Montreal Arab men, all with the first name "Osama":
Osama (Sam) Shalabi
Ossama al-Sarraf
Ossama el-Naggar
Osama el-Demerdash
Oussama al-Jundi
Osama Dorias

The film has been recognized as a contribution to the intellectual and artistic debate about the Arab diaspora. It has appeared on many international television, documentary and news channels.

Being Osama has won a number of international awards, including:

Best Documentary at the University Film and Video Conference
Best Documentary award at the Big Muddy Film Festival at Southern Illinois University
An Aurora Award (for Best Documentary) at the Canadian National Youth Film Festival
Certificate of Merit for fighting racism from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.