“Anyab” makes the most of the “horror-as-social-commentary” ideology Read More »
Tag Archives: Arabic
Scales / Sayyedat al-Bahr (2019) Shahad Ameen, Basima Hajjar, Fatima Al Taei, Yagoub Alfarhan
Set in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl Read More »
I Am Free / Ana hurra (1958) Salah Abouseif, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil
Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »
The Bus Driver / Sawwaq el-Utubis (1982) Atef El-Tayeb, Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters Read More »
A Woman’s Youth / Shabab emraa (1956) Salah Abouseif, Ahmad El-Sabawi, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Shukri Sarhan, Shadia
A young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. Read More »
The Gate of Sun / Bab el shams (2004) Yusri Nasrullah, Hiam Abbass, Fadi Abi Samra, Hussein Abou Seada
Yousry Nasrallah’s powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury’s epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession Read More »
Oh, Sun / Soleil Ô (1967) Med Hondo, Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Gabriel Glissant
A native of Mauritania is delighted when he is chosen to work in Paris. Read More »
Phantom Beirut / Ashbah Beyrouth (1998) Ghassan Salhab, Aouni Kawas, Darina Al Joundi, Rabih Mroue
Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Read More »
The Aquarium / Genainat el-Asmak (2008) Yusri Nasrullah, Hind Sabri, Amr Waked, Gamil Ratib
A 48-hour journey into Modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila. Read More »
The Night / Al-lail (1992) Mohamed Malas, Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan Read More »