How Comparison Can Literally Be the Thief of Joy
Shereen El Feki’s comparison of media in the Arab world to American pop culture during a TED talk is an open assessment of how the Arab world has seemingly borrowed western elements of pop culture. Her first contrasting element…
Review: Barakah Meets Barakah
Barakah Meets Barakah is a Saudi Arabian film released in 2016. It is a drama-comedy written and directed by Mahmoud Sabbagh and shot entirely in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The story focuses on a middle-class man named Barakah and Bibi, a…
Review “The cousins “ولاد العم.”: the conflict between cousins, Arab and Jewish”
BY: MUHASSAD ALJUMAILI “The cousins” is an Egyptian movie that greatly reflects the Arab-Israel conflict about Palestine. The movie was produced in 2009, directed by Sharif Arafa and the main actors were Karim Abdul Aziz, Muna Zaki, and Sharif Muneer….