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CamÉra Afrique / CamÉra Arabe (1987 Video)

Director

Férid Boughedir

Producer

Férid Boughedir

Subject

Film & television production

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 157 min., 1995 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

CAMERA ARABE (62 min, 1987) looks at the new Arab cinema of the post-colonial era, particularly the work of the Egyptian director Youssef Chahine. Unlike the old Egyptian film industry, the new cinema is an...

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Battle for the Arab Viewer, The (2011)

Director

Nordin Lasfar

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 48 minutes), $375.00

n early 2011, people around the world tuned into Al Jazeera to watch the Egyptian revolution in real time. Meanwhile, rival broadcaster Al Arabiya was also offering near continuous coverage, with cameras on...

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Holy War of Words (1990 Video)

Director

George Stamkoski

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Examines some of the literature of change and dissent in the Arab world today. Arab writers discuss censorship and repression.

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Islam (1986 Video)

Producer

Peter Adam

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

The most visual manifestation of the Arab world is its new architecture. Gradually second-rate western imports are being replaced by a contemporary Islamic architectural style. The State Mosque in Kuwait,...

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Egypt: Children of the Revolution

Director

May Abdalla

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, £195.00), £195.00

International investigative documentary series. In February 2011, millions of Egyptians came together to bring down President Hosni Mubarak in what became the defining moment of the Arab Spring. This...

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Only Logical Way, The (1971 Film)

Director

Tim Hohenboken

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shot in Lebanon and Jordan. Shows the dilemma of the Palestinians living in refugee camps throughout the Arab world and their support for the liberation movement. Dr Nobil Sha’ath sees the return to...

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Monty Don’s Paradise Gardens (2018)

Subject

Agriculture; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £14.99

In this BBC documentary, renowned gardener Monty Don travels in search of paradise gardens referenced in the Koran as green spaces filled with flowers and fruit where shade and water provide a safe haven...

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Square, The (2014)

aka: Midan, Al

Director

Jehane Noujaim

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 106 minutes), £17.99

In 2011 filmmaker Jehane Noujaim was a regular visitor to the demonstrations in Tahriri Square in Cairo, and his documentary AL MIDAN (THE SQUARE) captures Egypt’s political upheaval as it happens, with...

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Last Prophet (2002)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 122 min), £17.99

A portrait of Nusrat who produced a contemporary interpretation of the qawwali, the Moslem chanting song emanating from the belief of the Sufis. It comes from Pakistan and combines traditional Persian poetic...

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Syria: The Assad’s Twilight (2011)

Director

Vicent de Cointet; Christophe Ayad

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), $348

A portrait of the Assad regime, from its origins to 2011. During the 1970s, Bashar’s father, Hafez al-Assad, turned Syria into one of the world’s most secretive and repressive dictatorships. In 1982, he...

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