Filming the Modern Middle East: Politics in the Cinemas of Hollywood and the Arab World

by Lina Khatib

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'Filming the Modern Middle East' is the first comparative investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. Lina Khatib examines the cinematic depictions of major political issues, from the Arab-Israeli conflict to the Gulf War, to Islamic fundamentalism, and covers films made in the USA, in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. She explores cinema's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1845111915

ISBN13:9781845111915

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:I. B. Tauris & Company

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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Arts, Music & Photography Film & Television History & Criticism Humor & Entertainment Movies Performing Arts

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