Los Angeles, March 13 -- Kaouther Ben Hania's docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab is nominated for Best International Feature at Sunday's Oscars. However, one of its stars won't be able to attend the ceremony.

Motaz Malhees, who plays a call center operator desperately trying to help 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab as she's trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, on Thursday shared that he is unable to represent the film at the awards due to US President Donald Trump's travel ban on people with Palestinian Authority passports, as per Variety.

Taking to Instagram, Motaz wrote, "Three days left to the Oscars. Our film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' is nominated for an Academy Award. I had the honor of playing one of the lead roles in a story...