Iason Athanasiadis reviews a documentary of an Egyptian's observations of the first year of the Taliban's new regime.
19 APRIL 2024 • By Iason AthanasiadisViola Shafik addresses the controversy at the 2024 Berlinale, following the screening of a Palestinian-Israeli "solidarity film."
11 MARCH 2024 • By Viola ShafikMalu Halasa offers an overview of three Middle Eastern films screening at the 2024 Human Rights Watch Film...
11 MARCH 2024 • By Malu HalasaArie Amaya-Akkermans talks to Lebanese and Cypriot artists about their work on the divided island of Cyprus.
8 JANUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-AkkermansBavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s...
11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Bavand KarimBavand Karim reviews "The Persian Version," a 2023 American comedy drama film directed and written by Maryam Keshavarz.
20 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Bavand KarimAs she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down...
7 AUGUST 2023 • By Karim GouryDaniele Rugo's documentary investigates Lebanon's devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict's unmarked mass graves.
7 AUGUST 2023 • By Farah-Silvana KanaanIn Edward Lovelace's new documentary, a refugee's handicap becomes a source of inspiration in the struggle for survival.
24 JULY 2023 • By Nazli TarziKarim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the...
4 JUNE 2023 • By Karim GouryIason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...
8 MAY 2023 • By Iason AthanasiadisJanine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.
24 APRIL 2023 • By Janine AlHadidi