Arab cinema
short link to this page: http://bit.ly/arabcinema
Contents
Course outline
Maps
Map of Middle East and North Africa
Required Readings
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"
- Construction of Masculinity
- Mahmoud Darwish and Yehuda Amichai
- more of Darwish
- Amira Hass
- Marcel Khalife
- Sargon Boulus
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)
Egypt Country Study (LOC) (other countries also located here)
Interactive timeline of Middle Eastern history since 1900
Arab culture and civilization (NITLE Arab World Project)
History of Islamic Civilization (BBC)
Chronological history of Islam to present
Another set of histories of Islamic civilization
Links 2
1- The rise of Arab cinema:
Lumiere Brothers 1896 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBFuUyGSnSI
Lumiere Egypt 1896 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCeIBerBKJg
Queen Elizabeth (France, 1912) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbYnGJQ-ku0
First Egyptian film 1923 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnCqYo3LVfo&feature=PlayList&p=DA7E1D2C97F2F0BE&index=0&playnext=1
Barsoum. 1923 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0PmDqZco_4
The First Egyptian Talkies Sons of the Elite(Awlad el Zawat)1932 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO5fxmLB6UY
The second: El warda elbaida, 1933 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUcTuTd1rI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fUp3PoRtGI
American films in Cairo 1936- Mr. Deeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAWmOKzK2w4
Film al- Azima 1939 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvZ3Xdkaguw&feature=related
Umm Kolthoum 1940 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxfpdlKALsQ
Asmahan's song from 1943 film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNU5pSEWFIg
Abu Nuwas http://www.princeton.edu/~arabic/poetry/
Umm Kolthoum. Mirzahi. Film Salama 1945
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxfpdlKALsQ
2- Arab Cinema: Adaptation and realism:
Film al- Azima 1939 (Determination) by Kamal Selim. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvZ3Xdkaguw&feature=related
Layla 1942 by Togo Mizrahi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV4ILH38nTU
Abi fawq al- shagra My Father is up the Tree (1969) by Hussein kamal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyjiYgOLQXU
Bidaya wa Nihaya 1960 (Beginning and End)by Salah Abu Seif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5sBdMFK6zM
Alqahira 30- 1966 (Cairo 30) by Salah Abu Seif. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR9TIdUoyh0&feature=related
Barakat http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052897/
al Ard - 1968(The land) by Youssef Chahine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXsKf9d2-yE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcEQlYd9viI&feature=related
Bab elhadid- 1958 (Cairo Station) by Youssef Chahine.
1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uamVB5mYMBo&feature=related
2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSz-oGwSPe4&feature=related
3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k24AV06e20&feature=related
4- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZB4PSgUVFQ&feature=related
5- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQupAw4izc&feature=related
6- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo_0nYR_8KI&feature=related
7- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRNDVrwJ38&feature=related
8- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLCl8DRZUdw&feature=related
Saladin- 1963 by Youssef Chahine.
The Mummy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2X7ekWMkzw
