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Streets of Jeddah.

Although more than 3 years passed since the Egyptian Revolution , But Egyptian Copts still suffered from discrimination and Sectarianism.

This shocking and spectacular short film combines poetry, dance, and film to call attention to the human rights violations in Syria, particularly the war’s effect on women. Impossible to ignore, the stunning cinematography and talented performances demonstrate the economic greed and extortion that accompanies the unending conflict in the Middle East, to which the world turns a blind eye.

On the day of her wedding, a young girl hides from her family. The preparations and celebration, however, continue without her. The film depicts the conflict and anguish of women who face unwanted arranged marriages.

A film in tachelhit about Ahmed, a smart poor guy, who use his tricks to make his living.

Full of the youthful energy of the 1970s, this experimental work is an essential entry in the counterculture canon and features a score by Egyptian composer Soliman Gamil.

Acclaimed director Jean Chamoun looks at the lives and works of some of the women who have joined in the fight for their Palestinian homeland. We learn of young resistance fighter Kifah Afifi’s experience as a survivor of the 1982 Shatila massacre in Lebanon when she was just twelve years old. She tells about fighting the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon in the 1990s and of her imprisonment in the Khiam detention facility, which was run by Israel’s auxiliary militia, the South Lebanon Army.

Chaima, a 25-year-old woman of Maghreb origin, lives with her parents in a popular neighbourhood on the outskirts of Geneva. It's her day off, she pretends to go to work in her uniform and retrieves her bag under the stairwell. She joins her friend and accomplice Leila. Together, they go off to party.

Two stories expose the ways in which medicine, law and religion shape discourses of the gendered body: Martina’s, who lived in Colombia in the 19th century and was prosecuted for being a hermaphrodite, and Nour’s, who lived in Beirut during the Ottoman Empire and was forced to marry to her female lover’s brother.

Filming began immediately after the destruction of Jenin Refugee Camp by Israeli forces. The devastation of a desperate people is poignantly portrayed. Images of a harsh reality are prominent - mass burial pits and piles of rubble where homes, businesses and villages once stood. Includes images from Nablus and other West Bank towns invaded by Israel in early 2002.

A friendship that started from childhood. As they grew, a question unfolded: whats does it mean to be a friend?

Directed by Mohamed Lamine Merbah.

Libyan documentary.

Shalom, a lottery salesman, and Abdo, a butcher's boy, are friends and live together in the same house. One day, the owner of the butcher shop dies, leaving his boy Abdo the shop and all his money. Abdo divides the inheritance between himself and his friend Shalom. This helps each of them marry his fiancée and start their own businesses.

A young Palestinian man living a carefree life undergoes a personal awakening after the loss of a loved one. This transformation leads him to become a committed militant. He trains for special operations and successfully breaks through an Israeli siege using his expertise. Returning to his commando base, he prepares for further resistance efforts.

al-Zubaidi uses GDR material to tell a rather linear story of Palestine, deploying the archive for illustration and evidence.

The film revolves around the character of Lord Carnarvon and his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, in addition to his discovery of many Pharaonic antiquities in the deserts of Upper Egypt and in the Valley of the Kings.

The population of Saraqeb in Syria expresses the ongoing misery in their country and the changes after the revolution through graffiti. The walls are the basis for their existence, providing protection from outside violence. They also bear the names of martyrs, common expressions, poetry, revolutionary slogans and other graffiti. The documentary Lovers' Notebooks was shot over three years and is the first film by Saraqeb inhabitant and media activist Eyad Aljarod who directed it with Canadian-Syrian Aliaa Khachouk. The film reveals the constant tension between the revolt-sparked energy and a sense of despair, between leaving a place and the decision to return, between the euphoria about the beauty of an image and the fear of war. During the film and during the night, the walls of Saraqeb are filled with text like a lover's notebook.