In a short film set in Lebanon, where marital rape is not a crime, filmmaker Farah Shaer tackles one of Arab society's ...

The 11th edition of the Cairo Film Connection, integrated within the Cairo Industry Days, has selected 15 projects – five ...

Look for Arab cinema and lots of docs at festivals this week. First up is the always impressively programmed Arab Film ...

DUBAI, United Arab EmiratesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — “Barbie” is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film for allegedly threatening ...

A Lebanese father tells his teenage daughter she is free to choose whether to have sex with her boyfriend despite his reservations. An Egyptian wife discreetly slips off her black, lacy underwear from ...

Tunisia took centre stage at this year's Franco-Arab Film Festival in the Parisian suburb of Noisy-le-Sec, which showcases ...

Christian is president of Karama, a San Diego nonprofit that focuses on issues of the Arab and Islamic world, and chair of the San Diego Arab Film Festival. He lives in Mission Hills. Bittar is an ...

Palestinian films at this year’s Arab Film Festival offer diverse takes on life in the region. Twenty-three films from across the Arab world tell stories of empathy, friendship, intergenerational ...

Held at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park, the 13th Annual San Diego Arab Film Festival starts April 12 and runs through April 21. Rami Younis is the co-director of “Lyd,” the closing ...

Also showing are "The Little Sister," a Cannes-honored drama about the identity struggle of a French-Algerian lesbian ...

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