Ramadan in the Arab world is a month of fasting and prayer by day — and television by night. For decades, families have gathered after the iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daytime fast, to ...

Now back in Damascus, he appears in the web series “Al-Meqaad al-Akheer” ("The Last Seat"), a social drama airing during ...

Syria’s well-known TV dramas are returning to Ramadan screens as the industry tries to rebuild after years of war and the ...

Winner of the Perspectives award at Berlin, Abdallah Alkhatib’s 'Chronicles From the Siege' presents refugees under fire in all their complex shades.

A Syrian prison warden screams at a group of chained, crouching inmates in a harrowing scene from one of several Ramadan ...

Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Alice Diop and more big talents are set for the Doha Film Institute's Qumra Masters Lineup ...

Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak turn personal archives into a living document of love, journalism, and survival across ...

Brothers Badie and Hamza Ali are building an indie distributor and their own streaming platform around Palestinian stories and other films the industry is scared to touch.

“Ojalá Supieras” reveals the hidden history of Islam in colonial Mexico through thousands of archival documents, reframing the country as not solely a Christian nation, but one forged by Muslim, ...

Algerian history, colonialism and an Oedipal relationship play key roles in Malek Bensmaïl's fiction debut with Palestinian 'Succession' star Hiam Abbass, which world premiered at IFFR. By Georg ...

Emmy-winner and former Saturday Night Live head writer Harper Steele will produce a documentary about the suicide crisis among trans masculine young people. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead ...

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