THE CINEMA OF NORTH AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST

The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East contains twenty-four essays, each concerning an individual film, with a geographical scope that runs from Morocco all the way to Iran. The volume explores not just established film cultures such as those of Egypt, Turkey and Israel, but also nascent cinemas such as Algeria, Palestine and Syria. Some of the selected films include Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958), The Runner (Iran, 1989), Once Upon a Time, Beriut (Lebanon, 1994), Ten (Iran, 2002) and Uzak (Turkey, 2003). With a preface by the Cannes Palme d’Or-winning director Abbas Kiarostami, The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East unveils a diverse region of filmmaking that is of interest to all consumers of global cinema.

 

May 2007
288 pages

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Gönül Dönmez-Colin is a writer, researcher and lecturer. Among her books in English are Women, Islam and Cinema (2004) and Turkish Cinema and Politics of Identity (2007). She has been a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique, Central Asian Survey, Cinemaya Asian Film Quarterly, and the Turkish national daily, Cumhuriyet.

‘This excellent collection fulfils a long-standing need in scholarship on the cinema of the Middle East. By providing close readings of a number of canonical films, this work is an invaluable resource for teachers and students.’
– Kamran Rastegar, University of Edinburgh

‘These twenty-four films are a handful of jewels on the loosely woven and richly varied fabric of these regions. The authors, while deftly weaving their context, allow the films to shine in their own light: classic, idiosyncratic and irreducible works of cinema.’
– Laura Marks, Simon Fraser University

'As more viewers try to enter the world of Middle Eastern cinema, it's timely that new books are appearing to give us a handle into this cinematic area. The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East, edited by Gonul Donmez-Colin, offers us a way in by reviewing 24 key films by a slew of film scholars and critics. The sampling gives us Egypt, Iran and Turkey (each with four entries), Tunisia and Lebanon (each with two entries), Israel (with three) and Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Algeria.' – Philip Cheah, Bigo Magazine