Film

NAZA: Why the world watches only when Israelis document genocide

A film built on Israeli soldiers' accounts wins acclaim, while the Palestinian doctors and journalists who documented the genocide in Gaza for three years struggle for recognition

Israel's genocide in Gaza

NAZA review: Portrait of Israel as a nation stuck in a moral abyss

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How Fauda season five rewrites the Gaza genocide

Venice Film Festival 2026: American monsters dominate the 83rd edition

Locarno Film Festival 2026: Palestine, Iran and Gaza's genocide continue to dominate debate

Christopher Nolan remakes the Odyssey as an Anglo-American imperial fantasy

Hamid Dabashi

Asad versus 7 Dogs: Two starkly different movies compete to be the summer Arab blockbuster

Wonder Woman 1984: Hollywood is stuck in the past when it comes to the Middle East

The Undoing: How a tale of murderous class warfare parallels US politics

Hamid Dabashi

Middle East cinema: The seven must-see films of 2020

Coup 1953 film opens up wounds over Britain's criminal role in Iran's history

Hamid Dabashi

Jamal Khashoggi films: Trying to separate the man and the martyr

Can violation videos change the mind of pro-Israeli student?

Gal Gadot as Cleopatra: Hollywood whitewashing in the 'woke' era

Belen Fernandez

Venice film festival defies the pandemic but Middle East movies disappoint

Venice Film Festival: Middle East movies return

The trouble with Ramy: How the award-winning TV show has failed Arab Americans

How I fell in and out of love with Middle East cinema

How a Syrian comedian brought my Arab American family together