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Palestine Post 9/11 (2005)

Director

Osama Al-Zain

Subject

Arabic studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 73 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the world witnessed a number of Palestinians celebrating on the streets of Jerusalem. Palestine Post 9/11 is an examination of the...

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Imam and the Pastor, The (2009)

Director

Alan Channer

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (39 minutes), £10.00

A moving documentary that depicts the reconciliation between Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, two formerly bitter enemies on opposite sides of Nigeria’s Christian-Muslim divide. Narrated by...

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Ameer Got His Gun (2011)

Director

Naomi Levari; Saar Yogev

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 58 minutes), $219.00 [Institutional rate]

Documentary about Ameer Abu Ria, an eighteen year old Muslim Arab, who volunteers to enlist in the Israeli army, despite - like all Israeli Arabs - being exempt from service. Ameer believes that his...

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Avenge but One of My Eyes (2006)

aka: Nekam Achat Mishtey Eynay

Director

Avi Mograbi

Subject

Film Studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £15.99

A powerful documentary examining the mental and physical borderlines found in Israeli society. Shot in the Occupied Territories by Israeli director Avi Mograbi, the film draws parallels between the Israeli -...

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Sultan Baybars’ Qur’An (2002)

Subject

Art; Librarianship; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid), £12.95

The Royal Mamluk Baybars’ Qur’an is recognised as the masterpiece of its time. It was produced in Cairo during 1304-6 and is called after the Mamluk ruler Baybar II who commissioned it. The calligraphic...

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Divorce Iranian Style / Runaway (1997)

Director

Kim Longinotto; Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Subject

Anthropology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 167 minutes), £12.99

This DVD features two films by Kim Longinotto, whose work is characterised by a sensitive and compassionate approach to her subject matter, which often concerns women on the fringes of society. DIVORCE...

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Inside the Global Jihad (2009)

Subject

Arabic studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £82.80

This programme features interviews with leading participants from both sides in what George W. Bush called the ‘War on Terror’, including contributions from the architects of the West’s response to...

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Altra Europa (2011)

aka: Other Europe

Director

Rossella Schillachi

Subject

Anthropology; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £50.00

This film approaches the question of what happens to African migrants once they have been granted political refugee status in European countries through the story of three Somali refugees. Khaled, Shukri and...

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Reel Bad Arabs (2006)

Director

Sut Jhally

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 60 minutes), $250.00

This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today’s biggest Hollywood blockbusters....

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Battle of Algiers, The (1965)

aka: Battaglia di Algeri, La

Director

Gillo Pontecorvo

Producer

Antonio Musi; Yacef Saadi

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £19.99

A realistic reconstruction of the fight for liberation in Algiers between 1954 and 1957, resulting in 1962 in a free Algerian state. The film was banned in France for fear of inciting civil unrest, but it...

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