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

A Theater of Limitless Possibilities

[caption id="attachment_55248323" align="alignnone" width="620"]Akram ZaatariStudio Shehrazade Reception Space. Excerpt, 2006.© Akram Zataari, Courtesy of the artist[/caption] In the video Nature…

Juliet Highet

Past meets Present in Egypt

[caption id="attachment_55248216" align="alignnone" width="620"] Jamal Suliman as Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egyptian documentary drama series Sadik Al-Omr. (Courtesy of Osman Abou Laban)[/caption] They…

Mina Al-Droubi

Police Day or Protest Day?

[caption id="attachment_55248208" align="alignnone" width="620"] Muslim Brotherhood supporters (background) clash with supporters of the Egyptian government in Cairo on January 25, 2014. (AHMED…

Sophie Anmuth

Egypt’s Revolution, Squared

[caption id="attachment_55248163" align="alignnone" width="620"] Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the nominees for Best Documentary at the 86th Academy Awards…

Clarissa Pharr

Take another Look

[caption id="attachment_55248041" align="alignnone" width="620"]Selma Gurbuz Long Tail Cat (2005), mixed media on handmade paperCourtesy of Rose Issa Projects[/caption] Rose Issa has become widely…

Celia Topping

Art's Islamic Influence

[caption id="attachment_55247916" align="alignnone" width="620"] Istanbul Contrast, Dice Kayek, 2010. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London[/caption] The wide influence of Islamic traditions on…

Vedica Kant

Egypt's Cultural Decentralization

[caption id="attachment_55247807" align="alignnone" width="620"] A performance by Noon Creative Enterprise in Egypt's governorates. (Courtesy Noon Creative Enterprise)[/caption] One of the most…

Ati Metwaly

Unwitting Ambassadors

[caption id="attachment_55247737" align="alignnone" width="620"] A December 11, 2012 photo shows Egyptian soldiers stand in front of a graffiti on the walls of the Presidential Palace in Cairo. …

Clarissa Pharr

Kabul’s School of Rock

[caption id="attachment_55247696" align="alignnone" width="620"] Afghan music student Salahdeen, 7, rehearses with a guitar at "Kabul School of Rock" in Kabul. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Goos Hofstee

Apathy in Violent Times

[caption id="attachment_55247606" align="alignnone" width="620"] A still from Anima State, Hamad Khan, 2013. [/caption] Hammad Khan is clearly a filmmaker on a mission to deconstruct the very…

Jesse Lawrence