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Category: Film

15 June, 2022 • Saeed Taji Farouky

Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

The filmmaker behind "Tell Spring Not to Come This Year" and "A Thousand Fires" journeys with Mohammad Bakri to find home.

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13 June, 2022 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Film Review: “Memory Box” on Lebanon Merges Art & Cinema

Arie Akkersmans-Amaya reviews the latest film by Lebanese artist duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, whom he interviews.

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30 May, 2022 • Nadje Al-Ali

Film Review: Maysoon Pachachi’s “Our River…Our Sky” in Iraq

Nadje Al-Ali finds that Maysoon Pachachi’s film reflects her "long-standing commitment to highlight experiences of ordinary Iraqis, especially women."

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2 May, 2022 • Taline Voskeritchian

Art Film Depicts the Landlocked Drama of Nagorno-Karabakh

Taline Voskeritchian reviews the latest film from Nora Martirosyan about the tiny country fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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15 April, 2022 • Mischa Geracoulis

“Breaking Bread, Building Bridges”: a Film Review

Mischa Geracoulis reviews an Arab-Jewish food for peace documentary shot in Haifa.

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7 February, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

“The Translator” Brings the Syrian Dilemma to the Big Screen

Jordan Elgrably reviews the recent feature film from directors Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf.

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21 April, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Free Speech, Palestinian Stories and the Oscars

In anticipation of Sunday's Oscars, in which another Palestinian film has been nominated, Jordan Elgrably talks to Palestinians and Israelis about their films and activism.

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14 December, 2020 • Ammiel Alcalay

Threading the Needle: Najwa Najjar’s “Between Heaven and Earth”

Ammiel Alcalay reviews writer/director Najwa Najjar's third feature film—"part road movie, part mystery, part thriller."

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1 December, 2017 • Jordan Elgrably

Tough Love for Morocco

Jordan Elgrably interviews director Nabil Ayouch and star Maryam Touzani on their new movie, "Razzia."

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