Middle East Movies

In the late 1960s, Dhofar rose up against the British-backed Sultanate of Oman, in a democratic, anti-imperialist guerrilla movement. Director Heiny...

AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles...

In a war-ravaged Syrian neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.

Light Upon Light: A Documentary on Hijab is an intimate and deeply personal exploration of the diverse, raw, and untold stories of hijabi women....

From the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Laila sets out to cross the border into Syria to attend her father’s funeral. At one of the...

"While I'm Away" is a first-year student animated short. This short is about the sense of not fully belonging to one place, and missing the other...

This fast-paced documentary follows Canadian freelance reporter Jesse Rosenfeld’s journey across the Middle East. Having made the region the...

Discusses the situation of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem whose homes have been destroyed by the 1967 war and Israeli urban renewal and...

Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur'an school for girls in Damascus, Syria when she was just 17 years old. Every summer,...

The histories of queer people of color, especially from the SWANA (Southwest Asia/North Africa) region, remains generally unwritten. The lack of this...

Ali Baba steals hidden treasure from some raiders who then seek revenge on his family.

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Caught in a raging sandstorm on Christmas Eve, Santa must find a way to bring presents to children of the Middle East. With the help of Camels...

Danna, a young college student, and Yael, a woman with an intellectual disability, are forced to face the difficulties that arise in their love...

The management of waste and the experiences of its toxic afterlives are riddled with uncertainty. How can we make sense of toxicity’s different...

Seven years after the fact, the true story of Desert Storm is coming into view. Despite the dominance of the Coalition victory, the outcome was by no...

When filmmaker Wael Kadlo picks up his mother from the airport in Beirut, it seems like a rather warm family visit. But Kadlo, who was born in...

When Tehran hosts visiting foreign dignitaries, the local authorities clean up the city’s urban image through the controversial process of...