Film

The Dupes: A timeless story of Palestinians' pain and betrayal

Fifty years on, Tewfik Salah's masterly portrayal of the post-Nakba injustice and violence suffered by Palestinian refugees remains as powerful and poignant as ever

Israeli-Iranian film Tatami delivers a knockout but has questionable politics

From Backstage to Bye Bye Tiberias: The Middle Eastern films to look out for this autumn

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

Golda: A failed attempt to boost Israel's propaganda

Nada Elia

The Arab world and Barbie: Why Greta Gerwig's film has provoked anger in the Middle East

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

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

The Swimmers: Lead actor hits out at 'orientalist cliches and mistreatment'

The 10 best Middle Eastern and North African films of 2022

Netflix's Farha, a sea of orientalist tropes that says too little, too late

Ahmed D Dardir

Women, life, freedom: How Iran protests were foretold in film

Hamid Dabashi

'We told the truth': Darin Sallam on portraying the Nakba in Netflix's 'Farha'

Tantura massacre: Documentary exposes Israel's foundational myth

Azad Essa

Netflix told Farha's story but families like mine have many more

Hind Khoudary