Filming the Modern Middle EastFilming the Modern Middle East

2006-09-29 Lina Khatib

Investigating how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences, this book examines the cinematic depictions of political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War ...

Author: Lina Khatib

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

ISBN: UOM:39015066800577

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Investigating how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences, this book examines the cinematic depictions of political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism.

Film in the Middle East and North AfricaFilm in the Middle East and North Africa

2011-01-15 Josef Gugler

Alate convert to film studies, he is the author of African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent (James Currey, ... She is the author of Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World (I. B. Tauris, ...

Author: Josef Gugler

Publisher: University of Texas Press

ISBN: 9780292723276

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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.

The Modern Middle EastThe Modern Middle East

2014-03-26 Ilan Pappé

The history of film The film industry in the Middle East, very much like the short novel, is a distinct feature of the twentieth century. Films by the Lumière brothers were shown at the stock exchange in Alexandria as early as 1896.

Author: Ilan Pappé

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317936442

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This hugely successful, ground-breaking book is the first introductory textbook on the Modern Middle East to foreground the urban, rural, cultural and gender histories of the region over its political and economic history. Distancing himself from more traditional modernising approaches, Ilan Pappé is concerned with the ideological question of whom we investigate in the past rather than how we investigate the past. Pappé begins his narrative at the end of the First World War with the Ottoman heritage, and concludes at the present day with the political discourse of Islam. Providing full geographical coverage of the region, The Modern Middle East: opens with a carefully argued introduction which outlines the methodology used in the textbook provides a thematic and comparative approach to the region, helping students to see the peoples of the Middle East and the developments that affect their lives as part of a larger world includes insights gained from new historiographical trends and a critical approach to conventional state- and nation-centred historiographies includes case studies, debates, maps, photos, an up-to-date bibliography and a glossarial index. This third edition has been brought right up to date with recent events, and includes the developments through the Arab Spring, more economic history, much more focus on gender history and discussion of religion in the region from a broad perspective. Accessible and original, The Modern Middle East continues to energise discussion and stimulate debate on the region’s history, and provides new insights and perspectives on its story.

Image Politics in the Middle EastImage Politics in the Middle East

2012-10-22 Lina Khatib

This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region - and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool.

Author: Lina Khatib

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781786734624

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Politics in the Middle East is now 'seen' and the image is playing a central part in processes of political struggle. This is the first book in the literature to engage directly with these changing ways of communicating politics in the region - and particularly with the politics of the image, its power as a political tool. Lina Khatib presents a cross-country examination of emerging trends in the use of visuals in political struggles in the Middle East, from the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon to the Green Movement in Iran, to the Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria and Libya. She demonstrates how states, activists, artists and people 'on the street' are making use of television, the social media and mobile phones, as well as non-electronic forms, including posters, cartoons, billboards and graffiti to convey and mediate political messages. She also draws attention to politics as a visual performance by leaders and citizens alike. With a particular focus on the visual dynamics of the Arab Spring, and based on case studies on the visual dimension of political protest as well as of political campaigning and image management by political parties and political leaders, Image Politics in the Middle East shows how visual expression is at the heart of political struggle in the Middle East today. It is a hard-hitting, enjoyable, groundbreaking book, challenging the traditional ways in which politics in the Middle East is conceived of and analysed.

Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East Entertainment and Society around the WorldPop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East Entertainment and Society around the World

2017-05-22 Andrew Hammond

Mada Masr, January 20, 2015. www.madamasr.com/sections/culture/egyptian-cinema-crisis-age-low -budget-film (accessed August 14, 2016). Khatib, Lina. Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World ...

Author: Andrew Hammond

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781440833847

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Ideal for students and general readers, this single-volume work serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in countries in North Africa and the Middle East, covering subjects ranging from the latest young adult book craze in Egypt to the hottest movies in Saudi Arabia. • Allows readers to make cross-cultural comparisons by relating pop culture in the Islamic world to pop culture in the United States • Supplies highly relatable content for young adult readers that is presented in a fun and engaging way • Provides information that students can use in daily life, such as renting a popular or acclaimed Middle Eastern film or watching a YouTube video of Egyptian music • Enables students to better understand the uneasy paradox that is pop culture in the Islamic world

Arab Filmmakers of the Middle EastArab Filmmakers of the Middle East

2010-08-23 Roy Armes

The Rhetoric of Violence: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. ... Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World.

Author: Roy Armes

Publisher: Indiana University Press

ISBN: 9780253004598

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In this landmark dictionary, Roy Armes details the scope and diversity of filmmaking across the Arab Middle East. Listing more than 550 feature films by more than 250 filmmakers, and short and documentary films by another 900 filmmakers, this volume covers the film production in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and the Gulf States. An introduction by Armes locates film and filmmaking traditions in the region from early efforts in the silent era to state-funded productions by isolated filmmakers and politically engaged documentarians. Part 1 lists biographical information about the filmmakers and their feature films. Part 2 details key feature films from the countries represented. Part 3 indexes feature-film titles in English and French with details about the director, date, and country of origin.

Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern CinemaHistorical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema

2020 Terri Ginsberg

Jayyusi, L. “The Middle East Film Festival.” Middle East Report 69 (July–August 1978): 21–23. Khatib, Lina. Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of the Arab World. London: I. B. Tauris, 2006. Khoury, Malek.

Author: Terri Ginsberg

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN: 9781538139059

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"This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on individual films, filmmakers, actors, significant historical figures, events, and concepts, and the countries themselves"--

Kingmakers The Invention of the Modern Middle EastKingmakers The Invention of the Modern Middle East

2009-10-12 Shareen Blair Brysac

Speaking for perplexed middlebrows, The NewYork Times's Bosley Crowther foundthe film visually striking but “devoid of humanity,” its scriptat once “lusterlessand overwritten.” More perceptively,The New Yorker's PaulineKael judged the ...

Author: Shareen Blair Brysac

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 9780393342437

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A brilliant narrative history tracing today’s troubles back to the grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States. Kingmakers is the gripping story of how the modern Middle East came to be, as told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous (Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell); others infamous (Harry St. John Philby, father of Kim); some forgotten (Sir Mark Sykes, Israel’s godfather, and A. T. Wilson, the territorial creator of Iraq). All helped enthrone rulers in a region whose very name is an Anglo-American invention. The aim of this engrossing character-driven narrative is to restore to life the colorful figures who gave us the Middle East in which Americans are enmeshed today.

Media in the Middle EastMedia in the Middle East

2017-11-16 Nele Lenze

Gönül Dönmez-Colin (London: Wallflower, 2007); Lina Khatib, Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World (London: I.B. Tauris, 2009); Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative ...

Author: Nele Lenze

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9783319657714

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This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the media’s influence on regional and global change. Focusing on aspects of economy, digital news, online businesses, gender-related issues, social media, and film, the contributors of this volume detail media’s role in political movements throughout the Middle East. The volume illustrates how the increase in Internet connections and mobile applications have resulted in an emergence of indispensable tools for information acquisition, dissemination, and activism.

Understanding and Teaching the Modern Middle EastUnderstanding and Teaching the Modern Middle East

2020-10-20 Omnia El Shakry

for chapter outlines resources drawn from cinema the teaching of modern Middle Eastern history. To explore this topic, it will be important to first outline briefly some qualities of the film cultures of the Middle East region, ...

Author: Omnia El Shakry

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

ISBN: 9780299327606

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Many students learn about the Middle East through a sprinkling of information and generalizations deriving largely from media treatments of current events. This scattershot approach can propagate bias and misconceptions that inhibit students’ abilities to examine this vitally important part of the world. Understanding and Teaching the Modern Middle East moves away from the Orientalist frameworks that have dominated the West’s understanding of the region, offering a range of fresh interpretations and approaches for teachers. The volume brings together experts on the rich intellectual, cultural, social, and political history of the Middle East, providing necessary historical context to familiarize teachers with the latest scholarship. Each chapter includes easy- to-explore sources to supplement any curriculum, focusing on valuable and controversial themes that may prove pedagogically challenging, including colonization and decolonization, the 1979 Iranian revolution, and the US-led “war on terror.” By presenting multiple viewpoints, the book will function as a springboard for instructors hoping to encourage students to negotiate the various contradictions in historical study.