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Tag Archives: Arabic
About Baghdad (2004) Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi
About Baghdad is the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003. Read More »
Casablanca Beats / Haut et fort (2021) Nabil Ayouch, Anas Basbousi, Ismail Adouab, Zineb Boujemaa
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Read More »
Freedom Fields (2018) Naziha Arebi
An intimate look at post-revolution Libya through the eyes of an aspiring all-female soccer team Read More »
Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) Maysoon Pachachi
Not long after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi returns to her home city of Baghdad after 35 years. Read More »
Anonymes (2009) Raja Amari, Hafsia Herzi, Sondos Belhassen, Wassila Dari
Aicha, Radia and their mother live removed from the world in the underground Read More »
The Innocent / Al Baree’ (1986) Atef El-Tayeb, Ahmed Zaki, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army Read More »
Bloody Beans / Loubia hamra (2013) Narimane Mari, Adlane Aïssani, Amir Nourine, Bilal Azil
While the French army is shooting at the OAS, children plunder the French army Read More »
The Best of Times / Ahla al awkat (2004) Hala Khalil, Hanan Turk, Hind Sabri, Menna Shalabi
A personal tragedy brings a woman closer to a handful of trusted friends in this independent drama. Read More »
Beggars and Noblemen (1991) Asmaa El-Bakry, Salah El-Saadany, Mahmood El-Gindi, Abdulaziz Makhyoon
The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Read More »