Arab Camera

Focusing on key Arab films produced in the last 20 years. Férid Boughedir traces the development of the film-makers' concern to produce more socially aware cinema. Themes include the issue of Palestinian homeland rights

Arab Market

Market bustle

Arab Cortege, Geneva

A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20 persons in the party, walk past; the dignitaries are in front, attend

Fantasia Arabe

“Fantasia arabe” (alternatively “Fantasia Arabe”) is a circa 1905 French short produced by Pathé Frères. It belongs to the genre of early “orientalist” acrobatic/horse spectacle films showcasing staged cavalry displays r

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The Magician from Arabia

A sorcerer draws signs on the sand making charming young women.

Arab Agricultural Industry

In 1908-1909, Albert Samama Chikli sold his negatives mostly if not exclusively to the short-lived Le Lion company. Shot in 1910 and released in January 1911, Industrie agricole arabe was possibly the first negative he s

Travail d'arabe

Vowing to get back on the right track, a petty delinquent gets a real job, but quickly discovers that his new employers are not very scrupulous.

The Land Speaks Arabic

The film documents the late 19th-century birth of Zionism and its repercussions for Palestinians. Brings together rarely-seen footage of Palestine before 1948 juxtaposed with original source documents, eyewitness account

Paris Arabe et ses cinémas

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Arabic Lesson

A man tries to remember the arabic alphabet.

L'Arabe dans le poste

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the "Marche des Beurs," this original documentary explores the evolution of the representation of French people of North African descent on television. A bold and humorous film,

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Forgotten Heritage of Arab Medicine

More than a thousand years ago, a brilliant civilization unified by the Arabic language stretched from Spain to the banks of the Indus River. Between the 8th and 13th centuries, as it expanded its territory, its scholars

Gdeim Izik: catalyst of the Arab Spring

This documentary illustrates the story of Gdeim Izik through the voices of the Sahrawis themselves, giving personal accounts of how the camp was dismantled, what happened in the following weeks, and what it meant for the

Les Juifs du monde arabe, le grand départ

Crayon au poing, 4 dessinatrices du monde arabe

Feminists Insha'allah! The Story of Arab Feminism

The struggle for Muslim women’s emancipation is often portrayed stereotypically as a showdown between Western and Islamic values, but Arab feminism has existed for more than a century. This groundbreaking documentary rec

The Kidnapping of Arabella

Holly spends days at her dead-end job fantasizing about holes in the space-time continuum and wondering where her life went wrong. When she meets Arabella, an eight-year-old rebel hoping to run away from her self-absorbe