But because it’s an Arabic movie, I didn’t accept it,” said 37-year-old Elham, an Egyptian who asked for her last name to be withheld due to the sensitivity of the topic.

Netflix's hit Arabic film Perfect Strangers is drawing criticism from Egyptian lawmakers for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters.

Egyptian film The Brink of Dreams, by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El-Amir, won the Best Feature at the 15th edition of Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), held from 29 April to 5 May.

The upbeat state of Arab cinema will be on the screen and in the balmy air at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (Sept. 19-27), which is steadily gaining traction in its stated ambition to become a ...

Netflix's first ever Arabic language film, Perfect Strangers, sparked controversy in Egypt. In doing so, it highlighted a tug of war happening inside the country.

Egypt’s Film Clinic has scored the rare distinction of being the MENA distributor of three Arab films that are in the running for an Oscar.

Egypt's best foreign-language film submission caused the director to come under fire from all sides in a country where two recent revolutions and the dramatic rise and fall of the Muslim ...

In making her short film “I Say Dust,” Darine Hotait wanted to explore Arab American identity from her perspective as a New York-based American Lebanese writer and director.

First Arabic Netflix film tackles taboos, sparks controversy In Egypt and other Middle East countries, critics denounce the movie as a threat to values, encouraging homosexuality, and unfit for ...

The first Arabic Netflix film has sparked controversy in Egypt and beyond ...

Egypt has long celebrated its cinema industry, which earned it the nickname “Hollywood of the East,” lured actors from other Arabic-speaking countries and brought Egyptian movies and dialect ...