This film season aims to explore filmic representations of some of the many transformations that have taken place in the Arab and Maghrebi world over recent decades.
The selected films address issues and themes of great concern to the peoples of the Maghreb and Middle East, such as the making and remaking of individual and national identities; migration and exile; the Arab/Israeli conflict; and the position of the contemporary Arab city in a global context.
This season is organised by Dr. Joseph McGonagle and Dr. Dalia Mostafa from The University of Manchester and funded by CASAW (Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World). For more information visit www.casaw.ac.uk
Previously in this season
Cinema
Wedding in Galilee
A lyrical tale of a Palestinian wedding that takes place in an occupied Palestinian village, and the contemporary tensions, contradictions and hostilities that surround it.
Cinema
A Perfect Day
In Beirut, after the Lebanese civil war, Claudia and her son Malek are haunted by Malek’s father’s wartime disappearance. Their debate on whether to declare…
Cinema
Eye of the Sun
During the Pharaonic era, Ein Shams was the capital of Egypt and a sacred location marked by the visit of Jesus. Now one of Cairo’s…