Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Read More »
Tag Archives: Arabic
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 »
The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived / Saat el Tahrir Dakkat, Barra ya Isti Mar (1974) Heiny Srour
This film is the one and only testimony shot in the depths of the former Read More »
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 »