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  1. 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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  2. Is There a Right to Disobedience and Resistance? (2013)

    Subject
    Law; Philosophy; Politics & government

    Birkbeck School of Law’s 2013 Annual Lecture. Professor Costas Douzinas examines the legal right to resistance in the context of recent social upheavals and protest movements, from the Arab Spring to...

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Speaker’s Progress, The (Video)

    Director
    Sulayman al-Bassam
    Subject
    Drama

    Video recording of the play by Suleyman Al-Bassam. . In a totalitarian state somewhere in the Arab World, all forms of theatre have been banned, but a condemned 1960’s classic play has become the focal...

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