Books in the Palgrave Studies in Arab Cinema series

This book places long overdue focus on the Palestine solidarity films of two important Arab women directors whose cinematic works have never received due attention within the scholarly literature or the cultural public sphere.

This book covers Mai Masri's three decades documenting iconic moments of Palestinian and Lebanese linked history. Her focus on the social and political climates of the vivid lives of unseen people connects to the deepening violence in Palestine today.

Arab Film and Video Manifestos presents, in their entirety, five key documents that have fundamentally shaken up and helped change the face of image culture in the Middle East and beyond.

From feature films Dreams of the City, The Night, Bab al Maqam (Passion), and Ladder to Damascus to documentaries such as The Dream and Aleppo: Maqamat of Pleasure, Malas's films challenge and explore Arab culture and history.