The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East

Notes on Contributors vii Preface xi Abbas Kiarostami Introduction 1(12) Gonul Donmez-Colin Ghazal Al-Banat / Candy Floss 13(10) Kay Dickinson Bab El-Hadid / Cairo Station 23(8) Lina Khatib Al-Momia / The Mummy 31(10) Iman Hamam Umut / Hope 41(10) Gonul Donmez-Colin Gelin / The Bride 51(10) Ayla Kanbur Tabiat-E Bijan / Still Life 61(10) Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa Traversees / Crossing Over 71(10) Roy Armes Davandeh / The Runner 81(10) Hamid Dabashi Lo Sam Zayin / I Don't Give a Damn 91(10) Yehuda Judd Ne'eman Nujum Al-Nahar / Stars in Broad Daylight 101(12) Rasha Salti Docharkheh Savar / The Cyclist 113(10) Gonul Donmez-Colin Bab Al-Sama Maftouh / A Door to the Sky 123(12) Florence Martin Youcef Ou La Legende Du Septieme Dormant / Youssef or the Legend of the Seventh Sleeper 135(10) Roy Armes Samt Al-Qusur / Silences of the Palace 145(12) Viola Shafik Kan Ya Ma Kan Beirut / Once Upon a Time, Beirut 157(12) Lina Khatib Segell Ikhtifa / Chronicle of a Disappearance 169(12) Haim Bresheeth Eskiya / The Bandit 181(10) Nezih Erdogan Beyrouth Al Gharbiyya / West Beirut 191(10) Mona Deeley Kikar Hahalomot / Circle of Dreams 201(12) Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber Kippur 213(10) Nitzan Ben-Shaul Muwatin, Mukhbir Wa Harami / Citizen, Detective and thief 223(12) Viola Shafik Ten 235(12) Gonul Donmez-Colin Uzak / Distant 247(10) S. Ruken Ozturk Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection 257(9) Ruth Tsoffar Filmography 266(7) Bibliography 273(14) Index 287