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American Radical is the probing, definitive documentary about American academic Norman Finkelstein, a devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of U.S. and Israeli Mid-East policy and author...

A multi-faceted documentary project directed by Bassam Haddad, this film is unique in it's breadth and scope. Arabs and Terrorism was researched in 6 languages and filmed on location in 11 countries...

Breaking Bread is a slice of life documentary about a Korean-American family who invites an Iranian friend to make a final meal for their dying father. This poetic journey explores the interaction of...

This romantic musical-drama from director Henri Barakat (The Nightingale's Prayer) features legendary Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez in one of his earliest film roles. He stars as Yehia, a...

This magnificently madcap comedy classic stars Egyptian film legends Tahiya Karioka and Emad Hamdi as Zeinab and Hussein, overworked parents who get little relief from the never ending demands of...

Soon after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi returns to Baghdad after 35 years. She accompanies her father, 80-year-old Adnan Pachachi, who is returning to head the committee...

Shahrbanoo is about the encounter of an American woman with a conservative Iranian family living in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Tehran, there she is befriended Shahrbanoo, who invites them to...

Three years before Lawrence of Arabia made him an international sensation, dashing Egyptian actor Omar Sharif starred in this wonderful masterpiece of Egyptian cinema that has been virtually unseen...

Set during the current intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Fadi is thirteen and cares for his four younger brothers; the...

Women across the Arab world are redefining their role as leaders in Islam. In director Brigid Maher's insightful documentary film, three influential women Islamic leaders are profiled-along with...

She had the musicality of Ella Fitzgerald, the public presence of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis Presley. Her name was Umm Kulthum and she was a powerful symbol, first of the...