In 2015, director Dina Amer (who was then the reporting journalist) was one of the first people to make the world aware of ‘Euproe’s First Female Bomber,’ Hasna Aït Boulahcen. The Paris…
Tag: Arabic
The Blue Caftan (2023) Review: During the recently concluded FIFA World Cup, commentator Peter Drury name-dropped a bunch of Moroccan locations- Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, and the Atlas Mountains. These names are what…
Alkhallat+ (2023) Review: A thief held hostage in a boisterous wedding. A chef is trying her best to salvage her parents’ failing marriage. A man is attempting to hide his dead friend’s…
What does a flag symbolize? Who decides the meaning conferred upon a flag as a nation’s symbol? Is its meaning confined to the meaning given to the colors or symbols that characterize…
Even before one can anticipate the nerve of a filmmaker to fuel a narrative feature on a pandemic with comedy, Palestinian-British filmmaker Basil Khalil clears the air about the truth. A Gaza…
Dogborn, directed by Isabella Carbonell, is making its world premiere in Critics Week at this year’s Venice Film Festival. While following a journey of refugee twins in Sweden, it primarily uses a…
