Al Majalla's Film Watch

Every month, Al Majalla offers its take on the screen's newest releases, with the occasional dip into the archives to review an older classic.

Areej Jamal

Match Made in Cairo

[caption id="attachment_55250529" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian couple celebrate their wedding day. (Ahmad Abdel Mageed/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Three women huddle around the couple…

Sara Khorshid

Dancing in Kirkuk

[caption id="attachment_55250511" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of Halparki Kirkuk practices his dance moves. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption] On a baking hot Monday afternoon just before…

Hannah Lucinda Smith

Turning the Clocks Back

[caption id="attachment_55250487" align="alignnone" width="620"] Inside the offices of Al-Ahram, one of Egypt's oldest newspapers, in Cairo, Egypt. (Kim Badawi/Getty Images)[/caption] Following a…

Amany Aly Shawky

Istanbul’s Open-Air Studio

[caption id="attachment_55250374" align="alignnone" width="620"] The metal fence of a construction site is transformed into an art installation by dozens of handwritten notes on the landmark Taksim…

Clarissa Pharr

Exporting Lebanon’s Nightlife

[caption id="attachment_55250321" align="alignnone" width="620"] Lebanese drink and dance at the world famous rooftop Sky Bar on July 21, 2013 in Beirut, Lebanon. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)[/caption…

Mona Alami

Syria Speaks

[caption id="attachment_55250295" align="alignnone" width="620"] Opening night of Syria Speaks tour at Rich Mix in London, Wednesday June 11, 2014. (Tam Hussein) [/caption] When the revolution broke…

Tam Hussein

The Flower Seller of Aleppo

[caption id="attachment_55250246" align="alignnone" width="620"] Krikor in Yerevan, Armenia. (Hannah Lucinda Smith)[/caption] “Flowers, I love flowers!” exclaims Krikor. “I used to skip school so I…

Hannah Lucinda Smith

The Power of Words

[caption id="attachment_55250212" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mohamed Aly Talibab performing live. (Still from Youtube, Ahmed Mekawy photography)[/caption]Mohamed Aly Talibab—he…

Goos Hofstee

Teaching Moroccans to Dance

[caption id="attachment_55250704" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Hind Benali. (Alice Defour-Feronce)[/caption] “I get the feeling of [being] a warrior,” Hind Benali said in a recent interview with…

Clarissa Pharr