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

The Dupes: A timeless story of Palestinians' pain and betrayal

Victoria Brittain

In their own words: Seven Israeli films exploring the Palestinian cause

How Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari staged a cinematic rebellion

Hamid Dabashi

Israeli-Iranian film Tatami delivers a knockout but has questionable politics

From Backstage to Bye Bye Tiberias: The Middle Eastern films to look out for this autumn

Venice film festival: Daring political films show what Middle East cinema is lacking

Golda: A failed attempt to boost Israel's propaganda

Nada Elia

The Arab world and Barbie: Why Greta Gerwig's film has provoked anger in the Middle East

Palestinian Prison Break: Film shows resilience in the face of Israeli injustice

Ghada Abed

Oppenheimer: The glorification of mass murder – coming to a cinema near you

Hamid Dabashi

The banality of censorship: A decade of war against the arts in Sisi's Egypt

Memories of a Massacre: Revisiting Rabaa and the end of the Egyptian revolution