Arab cinema

short link to this page: http://bit.ly/arabcinema

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Required Readings

• Pioneers of Arab cinema

• Naguib Mahfouz

Recommended Readings

• al-Jabarti
• Tahtawi
• Sharabi: Arab Intellectuals and the West
• The Culture of Imperialism and Reform (Albert Hourani)
• The Nahda, Popular Fiction And The Politics Of Translation
• "Orientalism Definition"

• Orientalism Reconsidered, by Edward Said

• Construction of Masculinity
• Mahmoud Darwish and Yehuda Amichai
• more of Darwish
• Amira Hass
• Marcel Khalife
• Sargon Boulus
• Pioneers of Arab cinema

Links

http://www.arabfilm.com/ (Arab film distributor in Seattle, USA)

http://www.imdb.com/ (general information on movies)

http://www.allocine.fr (general information on movies)

http://www.artfilm.com (Arab film distributor in London, UK)

http://www.egyfilm.com/ (film news in Arabic)

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Films

West Bayrouth 1

West Bayrouth 2

West Bayrouth 3

West Bayrouth 4

West Bayrouth 5

West Bayrouth 6

West Bayrouth 7

West Bayrouth 8

West Bayrouth 9

West Bayrouth 10

West Bayrouth 11

West Bayrouth 12