Arab filmmaker

Once Upon a Time in Gaza Wants to Be an Indie Western

Once Upon a Time in Gaza Wants to Be an Indie Western

The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before...

AUGUST 29, 2025 • By Karim Goury
From A World Not Ours to a Land Unknown

From A World Not Ours to a Land Unknown

Exiled Palestinian Mahdi Fleifel’s fiction debut "To a Land Unknown" provides a masterful bookend to his documentary on...

JUNE 13, 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي

Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي

Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to...

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous

Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous

Journalist and filmmaker Dima Hamdan talks to the young Syrian director of the documentary "All Roads Lead to...

JUNE 26, 2023 • By Dima Hamdan
The Majesty and Mystery of Nature: Ali Cherri’s Dam in Sudan

The Majesty and Mystery of Nature: Ali Cherri’s Dam in Sudan

Karim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the...

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Karim Goury
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