Film

India bans 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', citing threats to relationship with Israel

Film board censors Oscar-nominated docudrama about five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza by Israeli forces

El Sett: Why did the Saudi-backed biopic about Umm Kulthum flop?

Daoud Abdel Sayed: Why the late Egyptian filmmaker was so important

With Bahram Beizai's death, Iranian cinema is orphaned

Hamid Dabashi

The President’s Cake is our favourite movie of 2025. Here are 11 other standouts

The 10 worst Hollywood films by Middle Eastern filmmakers

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Dave Chappelle draws online praise for saying 'I stand with Israel' is code for 'they got me'

Dhurandhar: A Bollywood thriller gives India a win that eluded it on the battlefield

Gaza, Lebanon, and a controversial Tunisian auteur dominate at the Locarno film festival

Superman: Palestinians are not waiting for a white superhero saviour

Joe Gill

'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut

'The Encampments' vs 'October 8': A battle of narratives on Palestine plays out in cinema

The Settlers: Why won't Starmer sanction Daniella Weiss, Smotrich and Ben Gvir?

Peter Oborne

The Encampments: A portrait of a protest for Palestine that moved America

Palestinian Oscar winner missing after being severely beaten by Israeli settlers

Berlinale 2025: 'Khartoum' stands out amidst tepid Middle Eastern offerings

No Other Land shows Israeli occupation cannot be whitewashed

Ahmad Tibi

Progressive except for Palestine: Berlinale 2025 and the politics of omission