Section: Film and TV
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Suzannah Mirghani on making her debut feature at a ‘time of destruction in Sudan’
The director’s debut feature film, Cotton Queen, is a story of women’s rights and the scars of British colonialism
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Knife brings the real human tragedy of Salman Rushdie’s stabbing into the light
Director Alex Gibney’s documentary offers an intimate, nuanced and moving view of the author’s life after the shocking 2022 attack
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The legacy of 9/11 on film and TV
From Homeland to The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Leila Latif looks back at how the terror attacks changed the way Muslims were portrayed on our screens
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Muslim fans love this anime’s natural depiction of Islam
Blending Persian and Japanese aesthetics, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has opened up new worlds for some viewers and made others feel seen
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Hanging By a Wire documents Pakistan cable car rescue like an action thriller
It’s a story of tremendous heroism, but director Mohammed Ali Naqvi never lets that obscure the neglect that put the eight passengers 900 feet above a ravine in the first place
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President Curtis is a brilliant swipe at US exceptionalism and the impunity its leaders face
The Rick and Morty spin-off turns the presidency into a surreal workplace comedy, where cryptids, conspiracies and extraterrestrial crises are matters of national security
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The Jordanian‑Swedish producer changing who gets to tell European cinema’s stories
From Tarik Saleh’s award‑winning Cairo thrillers to a new Palestinian tragicomedy, Linda Mutawi’s cross‑cultural approach has made her one of the most in‑demand producers in Nordic cinema
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Film-makers Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki on their debut animated feature, Bouchra
Based on Bennani’s own experience, Bouchra follows a queer artist navigating the quiet compromises and tensions that define her relationship with her mother
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What did Arab scholars think of Homer and The Odyssey?
The epic Greek poem, now brought to the big screen by director Christopher Nolan, has a shared cultural ancestry with Arab literature
