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

Empire, trauma and the Nakba: The making of The Promise

Harka: Tunisian film depicts the fire and failure of the Arab Spring

Ahmed D Dardir

In pictures: Depictions of Cleopatra through the ages

Tantura: Film on Nakba massacre of Palestinian village premieres at Bafta

The Nakba on screen: Five must watch films about the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948

Tantura: Documentary on Israeli massacre during Nakba to premiere in London

The curious case of Flight 422: Why was the series on hijacked Kuwaiti airliner pulled?

Berlinale 2023: Race, misogyny and a fawning tribute to Israel's Golda Meir

Berlinale 2023: Old Iran and new Iran take centre stage at film festival

How Triangle of Sadness trivialises the class struggle

Ahmed D Dardir

Netflix: Jordanian film Al Hara sparks controversy despite receiving awards

How Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan will strengthen Hindu nationalism

Azad Essa