Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady — Egypt, 1951
Egypt as Egyptian movie goers saw it in 1951 (1949?) in Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady [also known as Little …
Egypt as Egyptian movie goers saw it in 1951 (1949?) in Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady [also known as Little …
We’re familiar enough with movies about daring resistance fighters in wars or to oppressive regimes –if they are French, Spanish, …
Alexandria is one of the fabled cities of history, the ancient jewel of Egypt, a cross roads for Mediterranean trade since boats …
In Struggle on the Nile, a 1959 movie from the golden age of Egyptian cinema, you will encounter a young …
Up to this film I was prepared to believe Egyptian movies only dealt with serious matters in serious ways. Adrift …
The Egyptian classic, titled either The Curlew’s Cry or The Nightingale’s Prayer, depending on the translator, will not be for …
Caramel, Nadine Labaki’s 2007 film from Lebanon, is about as close a film from the Arab world to those Western …
Of all the terrible means human beings have used to put others to death few exceed stoning for sheer cruelty; …
Adrift on the Nile is a 1971 film from Egypt, directed by Hussein Kamal, who has some 10 movies to his …
Quite unlike any women-in-prison movie you might have seen, or contemplated seeing, Manijeh Hekmat’s 2002 Women’s Prison, from Iran offers no …
Day break refers to the time of day when the guards in a Tehran prison come to the cells of …
What an unexpected, unusual and brain shaping movie. The Day I Became a Woman is Marzieh Makhmalbaf‘s first film in …