Film

Pro-Israel influencer and actor share a 'raped by Israeli dogs' joke

'I was only raped by two Israeli dogs,' Elon Gold tells Lizzy Savetsky while promoting a film made in Israel

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

Berlinale 2026: Arab and Turkish filmmakers deliver strong line-up despite Gaza controversy

Berlinale 2026: Films play second fiddle to Gaza controversies for the third year running

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

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

'No Other Land' captures the Palestinian spirit but falls short on Israeli society

The Brutalist: What this Oscar contender really says about the American Dream and Israel

No Other Land: Film on Israeli occupation of Palestine gets Oscar nomination

Israel's genocide in Gaza

A Gaza genocide sideshow: Watching 'Lolita' in Tel Aviv

Hamid Dabashi

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Tense Iranian portrayal of a family torn apart by Mahsa Amini protests

The Bibi Files: A liberal Zionist effort to blame Netanyahu for Israel's woes

From Perfumed with Mint to The Bibi Files: The 10 best Middle Eastern Films of 2024