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

'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

The Bibi Files: The truth Netanyahu doesn’t want you to see

Bristol Palestine Film Festival finds reconciliation after last year's cancellations

Made in Gaza: From Ground Zero gives voice to filmmakers trapped in war zone