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

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