Film

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

The 80th edition of one of Europe's most important fests was largely devoid of Hollywood stars amid ongoing industrial action

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

The Soil and the Sea: Excavating Lebanon's history of violence

Barbie: AI-generated images of 'every country' portrayals spark criticism from Mena region

How Palestinian filmmakers are using the supernatural to confront the wounds of the Nakba

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

Jean-Luc Godard's revolution: Marxism, Palestine and the working classes

Ahmed D Dardir