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A timely window on the world of Middle Eastern cinema, this remarkable overview includes many essays that provide the first scholarly analysis of significant works by key filmmakers in the region.

Table of Contents
  • Preface: Creative Responses to Conflict, Josef Gugler
  • Part 1: Regime Critics Confront Censorship in Iranian Cinema, Eric Egan
    • The Hidden Half (Tahmineh Milani): Love, Idealism, and Politics, Fakhreddin Azimi
    • Marriage of the Blessed (Mohsen Makhmalbaf): The Wounds of War and the Betrayal of the Revolution, Eric Egan
    • Under the Skin of the City (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad): Under the Surface Contrasts, Rini Cobbey
    • Stray Dogs (Marziyeh Meshkini): Cruelty and Humanity amid Hardship in Afghanistan, Eric Egan
  • Part 2: Tolerated Parodies of Politics in Syrian Cinema, Lisa Wedeen
    • The Dupes (Tawfik Saleh): Three Generations Uprooted from Palestine and Betrayed, Nadia Yaqub
    • The Extras (Nabil Maleh): Lovers Suffer the Twin Repressions of Patriarchal Culture and a Police State, Josef Gugler
  • Part 3: Lebanese Cinema and the Representation of War, Lina Khatib
    • In the Shadows of the City (Jean Khalil Chamoun): Reconciling the Diverse Legacies of a Collective Memory, Edward Gibeau
  • Part 4: Israeli Cinema Engaging the Conflict, Nurith Gertz and Yael Munk
    • Kedma (Amos Gitai): The Birth of Two Nations at War in 1948, Nurith Gertz, Gal Hermoni, and Yael Munk
    • Avanti popolo (Rafi Bukaee): Battle Cry of the Fallen, Judd Ne'eman and Yael Munk
  • Part 5: A Chronicle of Palestinian Cinema, Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi
    • Waiting (Rashid Masharawi): A Scattered People Waiting for a Shared Future, Nadia Yaqub
    • Tale of the Three Jewels (Michel Khleifi): Children Living and Dreaming amid Violence in Gaza, Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi
    • Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad): Narrating a Failed Politics, Nadia Yaqub
  • Part 6: Political Film in Egypt, Walter Armbrust
    • Destiny (Youssef Chahine): Liberal and Fundamentalist Islam Clash amid the Splendor of Twelfth-Century Andalusia, Josef Gugler
    • Closed Doors (Atef Hetata): The Attractions of Fundamentalism, Josef Gugler and Kim Jensen
  • Part 7: Cinema and State in Tunisia, Florence Martin
    • Bedwin Hacker (Nadia El Fani): A Hacker Challenges Western Domination of the Global Media, Josef Gugler
  • Part 8: From State Production to Cinéma d'Auteur in Algeria, Roy Armes
    • Days of Glory (Rachid Bouchareb): Another Vision of French History, Olivier Barlet
    • Hamlet of Women (Mohamed Chouikh): Village Chronicles from a Time of Terrorism, Denise Brahimi
  • Part 9: Morocco: A National Cinema with Large Ambitions, Kevin Dwyer
    • Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (Nabil Ayouch): The Harsh Life of Street Children and the Poetics of Childhood, Josef Gugler
  • Contributors
  • Film Index
  • Name Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 15/01/2011
      ISBN13: 9780292737563, 978-0292737563
      ISBN10: 0292737564
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A timely window on the world of Middle Eastern cinema, this remarkable overview includes many essays that provide the first scholarly analysis of significant works by key filmmakers in the region.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface: Creative Responses to Conflict, Josef Gugler
      • Part 1: Regime Critics Confront Censorship in Iranian Cinema, Eric Egan
        • The Hidden Half (Tahmineh Milani): Love, Idealism, and Politics, Fakhreddin Azimi
        • Marriage of the Blessed (Mohsen Makhmalbaf): The Wounds of War and the Betrayal of the Revolution, Eric Egan
        • Under the Skin of the City (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad): Under the Surface Contrasts, Rini Cobbey
        • Stray Dogs (Marziyeh Meshkini): Cruelty and Humanity amid Hardship in Afghanistan, Eric Egan
      • Part 2: Tolerated Parodies of Politics in Syrian Cinema, Lisa Wedeen
        • The Dupes (Tawfik Saleh): Three Generations Uprooted from Palestine and Betrayed, Nadia Yaqub
        • The Extras (Nabil Maleh): Lovers Suffer the Twin Repressions of Patriarchal Culture and a Police State, Josef Gugler
      • Part 3: Lebanese Cinema and the Representation of War, Lina Khatib
        • In the Shadows of the City (Jean Khalil Chamoun): Reconciling the Diverse Legacies of a Collective Memory, Edward Gibeau
      • Part 4: Israeli Cinema Engaging the Conflict, Nurith Gertz and Yael Munk
        • Kedma (Amos Gitai): The Birth of Two Nations at War in 1948, Nurith Gertz, Gal Hermoni, and Yael Munk
        • Avanti popolo (Rafi Bukaee): Battle Cry of the Fallen, Judd Ne'eman and Yael Munk
      • Part 5: A Chronicle of Palestinian Cinema, Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi
        • Waiting (Rashid Masharawi): A Scattered People Waiting for a Shared Future, Nadia Yaqub
        • Tale of the Three Jewels (Michel Khleifi): Children Living and Dreaming amid Violence in Gaza, Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi
        • Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad): Narrating a Failed Politics, Nadia Yaqub
      • Part 6: Political Film in Egypt, Walter Armbrust
        • Destiny (Youssef Chahine): Liberal and Fundamentalist Islam Clash amid the Splendor of Twelfth-Century Andalusia, Josef Gugler
        • Closed Doors (Atef Hetata): The Attractions of Fundamentalism, Josef Gugler and Kim Jensen
      • Part 7: Cinema and State in Tunisia, Florence Martin
        • Bedwin Hacker (Nadia El Fani): A Hacker Challenges Western Domination of the Global Media, Josef Gugler
      • Part 8: From State Production to Cinéma d'Auteur in Algeria, Roy Armes
        • Days of Glory (Rachid Bouchareb): Another Vision of French History, Olivier Barlet
        • Hamlet of Women (Mohamed Chouikh): Village Chronicles from a Time of Terrorism, Denise Brahimi
      • Part 9: Morocco: A National Cinema with Large Ambitions, Kevin Dwyer
        • Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (Nabil Ayouch): The Harsh Life of Street Children and the Poetics of Childhood, Josef Gugler
      • Contributors
      • Film Index
      • Name Index

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