Edwin Nasr examines the career of the controversial Lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid, and catches up with her in Paris to talk about her many trials and triumphs
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Lights, Camera, Revolution
A glance at the history and evolution of Iranian cinema, from Haji Agha and Film Farsi to New Wave modernism, postwar censorship, and widespread international acclaim
Iraqi Odyssey
‘Straddling a telling of his family’s history and that of Iraq from Ottoman times to the present, Samir’s aptly named film is nothing short of epic‘
Tales Within Tales
Sabrina Guerrieri on the postmodernism of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1974 classic, The Flower of the Thousand and One Nights and questions of originality in art
Whose Gaze is it Anyway?
Ashitha Nagesh explores a small, yet telling exhibition at the ICA in London revolving around colourful episodes in the history of popular Arab cinema
Punk Rock au Maroc
‘Think Siouxsie Sioux and Johnny Thunders, guitars in tow, meet Hindi Zahra in the burned-out basement of a seedy Moroccan haunt …’
Memento Mori
A conversation with Alia Al-Senussi and Abdullah Al-Turki, two curators of the ICA’s inaugural ‘Cinema on the Steps’ film festival in London
Revolution and Desire
A conversation with Beirut-based art & film curator Rasha Salti about the Middle Eastern highlights of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival
Anatolia Dreamin’
‘Nonetheless, the coffee is poured once again, conjuring memories of unachievable dreams and desires ever destined to be effaced’
A Bag of Flour
Belgian-Moroccan director Kadija Leclere’s debut film, which examines the role of women in traditional Moroccan society