Doueiri worked between Los Angeles and Beirut until not long after September 2011, after which he returned to work from Beirut.
Doueiri has expressed opposition to boycotts of Israel, and in 2013 defended his decision to shoot a film in Israel featuring Israeli actors. In September 2017, he was questioned in Beirut after returning from the Venice Film Festival. This was in regards to his film The Attack, which was shot in Israel.
