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Lyrical jokes and creative insults: inside the world of Arabic dubbing
The people behind our favourite characters – Bluey to Captain Majid – rarely appear on screen, but you’ll recognise their voices. They are the invisible actors shaping childhoods, identities and language skills
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Three electric films from Muslim voices at the BFI London film festival
Khartoum, With Hasan in Gaza and Black Rabbit, White Rabbit are works that share a restlessness and refusal to be reduced to headlines or easy archetypes
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Brides: a sensitive coming-of-age film about girlhood and its radical edge
Nadia Fall’s first feature is more interested in the inner lives of its protagonists, two Muslim girls who journey to Syria, as it is in the manipulative geopolitics surrounding them
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‘You should make cinema, even in war’: Rashid Masharawi on From Ground Zero
The Palestinian film-maker on his latest work, curating 22 short films from artists on the ground in Gaza
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Venice film festival: the movies that matter are those that refuse to look away
Our columnist picks the top films by Muslim directors at an event where cinema collides with politics
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Rahul Kohli knows exactly how to command a screen
Rahul Kohli teams up again with frequent collaborator Mike Flanagan in The Life of Chuck, as our columnist celebrates the actor’s career.
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My Beautiful Laundrette: restoration returns with renewed immediacy
Forty years after it was first released, Hanif Kureishi’s screenplay remains a shining beacon of British cinema
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The summer blockbuster wants to appeal to everyone but needs to deliver on its promise of including them too
When movies get it right — such as Mahershala Ali in Jurassic World: Rebirth — they remind us just how joyous representation can be
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‘Food is a way to show who we are’: preserving the Sudanese Kitchen
Omer Al Tijani’s new cook book is an extensive archive of recipes and culinary culture in Sudan
