Film

A Lebanese bank heist towers over this winter's Middle Eastern film offerings

Rami Kodeih's Furies is set during Lebanon's liquidity crisis of 2019, which led depositors to hold up banks to access their money

Israeli Elections

As elections loom, NAZA controversy strikes at the heart of Israel's crisis

Antony Loewenstein

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

Never escaping Palestine: Filmmaker Elia Suleiman's ode to 'home'

Arab films: Seven independent movies to watch out for

Cannes film festival 2019: The good, the bad and the ugly

Aladdin star Mena Massoud under fire for saying he 'doesn't understand' Mideast politics

The Unknown Saint: Robbers, riches and religion make for fresh film debut

Arab films at Cannes 2019: Strong showing for Middle East, North Africa cinema

Sex, lies and Jerusalem: The unforgiving films of director Muayad Alayan

What Jordan Peele's film can teach 'Us' about the American empire

Azad Essa

Censorship and sensibility: Turkey's arthouse directors face growing crackdown

Rami Malek is a hero in Egypt after playing a gay icon - but LGBT people there are under attack

'Privileged to represent the Middle East': Egyptian-American Rami Malek wins best actor Oscar

Berlinale 2019: Israel takes the prize, but Sudan scores a double