Al- Taghrebea Al- Falastneya or in english “Palestinian Dispora” is a Syrian show directed by Hatem Ali in 2004 reflecting the displacement of Palestinians in the start of Palestinian-Isreali conflict in 1948. The show follows the main character known as Abu- Saleh and his family, his…
Many of our discussions of Arab culture have focused on the role that the arts have on shaping culture. Through literature, poetry and film difficult issues can be addressed, and can spread faster, farther and more forcefully than they could by word…
Paradise Now is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad and stars Kais Nashef and Ali Suliman. The film is about 2 Palestinian men training to become suicide bombers for an attack in Israel. This is a good film….
When the Spanish drama series, Gran Hotel, ran from 2011 to 2013, no one realized the global impact it would soon have. After being broadcast across the world, the original series paved the way for numerous renditions in an assortment of…
Sand Storm looks at a Bedouin family in the Southeast of Israel and follows the struggle of both a mother and daughter to navigate the complex and patriarchal society in which they live. The film was produced by an Israeli producer and…
Dwight F. Reynolds is the author of the book “The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture”. It was published in 2015. Reynolds covers a very broad variety of topics within this book from Arab cinema to Arab religion to Arab cuisine. In…
Columbus is the diverse capital of the oddly shaped state named Ohio. It is home to one of the largest universities in the country, THE Ohio State University. This university, like its home city, has a diverse population amongst it….
A person can learn a lot about not only about different forms of film techniques but as well as the interpretation of life in third world countries for people young and old in the film Capernaum produced in 2018 by Nadine Labaki….
The Open Door by Latifah al-Zayyat was published in 1960. Its plot takes place in Egypt and focuses on nationalism in relation to the desire to discover oneself. The main character, Layla, struggles to find out who she really is. Layla deals with…
The Insult is a new film from Ziad Doueiri. It’s a Lebanese film nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2018. It’s one of those movies that while it’s dealing with some really heavy issues, it is a fantastic piece of…