‘Rags and Tatters’, written and directed by Ahmad Abdalla.

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‘Electro Shaabi’, written and directed by Hind Meddeb

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It may not have the decadence of Cannes or the Oscar-fuelling buzz of Toronto…

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Film festivals are, of course, a familiar phenomenon to just about everyone these days…

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The Doha Film Institute caught up with master Syrian director Mohamad Malas at TIFF…

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September is always a big month in the film festival world.

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With the fourth edition of the Tahaddi 7-Day Filmmaking Challenge underway, we asked three grads of the Tahaddi workshop…

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We asked one of the graduates of the last Tahaddi to tell us about her most inspiring film personality. Here’s what A.J. Al-Thani had to say

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It’s now 20 years since the Bosnian War, which tore apart Yugoslavia and saw some of the worst war crimes the world has known.

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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) launches its 38th edition today and once again features…

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This week, we take a look at Pat Collins and Fergus Daly’s ‘Kiarostami: The Art of Living’…

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DFI is excited to present a partial retrospective of the work of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami at the Museum of Islamic Art from 13 to 21 September.

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The Sarajevo Film Festival is in the midst of its 19th edition, which runs until August 24. It was first held in 1995, while the nearly four-year-long siege…

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Three years after the original, ‘Despicable Me 2’ is just about everything you’d expect from the sequel to the beloved first installment: more minions…

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The three-part American documentary series ‘Islam: Empire of Faith’ is a vast history of the rise of Islam and the empire it established…

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