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5.6

♡ 8

Mohanad Hayal Director

Marmar Alhilali as

Yumna Marwan as

Asaad Abdul Majeed as

Iman Abdulhasan as

2006, Baghdad is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicenter of the conflict. Ahmed gets dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad's home to ask for her hand for marriage, he gets shot by Salam, a sniper who's living his own personal hell on a rooftop above.

A Stand Worthy of Men

7.1

♡ 14

Ahmed al-Gendy Director

Moustafa Mansour as

Sayed Ragab as Adel

Amina Khalil as Mahy

Mohamed Sallam as Moustafa

A comedy about a group of friends as they get reunited to help one of their own find his way out of major trouble. As the situation gets more complicated, they are forced to take a trip to a coastal town.

Trances

1981

6.7

♡ 3

72%

Documentary

morocco

Music

Ahmed El Maanouni Director

Abderrahman Paco as Bass

Larbi Batma as Percussion

Omar Sayed as Percussion

Nass-El Ghiwane as Themselves

A portrait of the groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane, documenting a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate conversations. Storytellers through song and traditional instruments, and with connections to political theatre, the band became a local phenomenon and an international sensation, thanks to their rebellious lyrics and sublime, fully acoustic sound, which draws on Berber rhythms, Malhun sung poetry, and Gnawa dances.

In Paradox

2019

4.8

♡ 1

Mystery

Thriller

Hamad AlSarraf Director

Jasem Al-Nabhan as Abdallah

Nawar Youssef as Gypsy

Fayez Kazak as Saatchi

Samer Ismail as Saif

While being relentlessly attacked, a Man seeks to uncover a mystery and stop the unknown memories that are controlling him, only to learn the difference between reality and illusions.

The Road

2015

4.0

♡ 2

Rana Salem Director

Rana Salem as

Guy Chartouni as

Rana and Guy, a young married couple live in today's city of Beirut. Rana quits her job and falls slowly into a state of lingering. Guy decides they need to go on a road-trip that leads them to the mountains. The road becomes one of remembrance and nostalgia. A road that might bring them closer to themselves and to each other.

Land of Fear

1999

8.1

♡ 29

Daoud Abdel Sayed Director

Fathi Abdulwahhab as Zeina

Zeina as Hanaa

Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra as Mousa

Ahmed Zaki as Yehia

A police officer is chosen in the late 1960s for a unique and lifelong mission: to infiltrate Egypt’s criminal underworld. Stripped of his name and reputation, he adopts a new identity, living among smugglers, dealers, and nightclub owners. Over the years, he rises within this hidden world, all the while trying to balance his secret duty with the temptations of wealth, power, and desire. Against the backdrop of Egypt’s shifting political eras, his life becomes a meditation on morality, loyalty, and the fragile boundaries of identity and biblical-level metaphors.

Costa Brava, Lebanon

6.7

♡ 6

89%

88%

Action

Mounia Akl Director

Yumna Marwan as Alia

Hadi El Hachem as Ghadi

Geana Restom as Rim

Nadine Labaki as Souraya

Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land.

The Falconer

6.0

♡ 6

100%

Adam Sjöberg Director

Fouad Al-Hinai as Ahmed

Noor Al-Huda as Alia

Hilal Al-Jabri as Hilal

Raid Al-Amari as Mo

Follows Tariq and Cai, two best friends who work together at a zoo, but their friendship is challenged when Tariq plans to steal animals from the zoo and sell them to save his sister from an abusive marriage.

The Wedding Song

2008

6.6

♡ 8

94%

Karin Albou Director

Bernadette Machilot as Couturière / dressmaker

Lizzie Brocheré as Myriam

Hichem Rostom as père de Raoul / Raoul's father

Simon Abkarian as Raoul / Doctor

The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages.

3000 Nights

2015

7.1

♡ 8

86%

woman director

Mai Masri Director

Annemarie Jacir as Inmate

Deema Dabis as Israeli Inmate

Maisa Abd Elhadi as Layal Asfour

Yussuf Abu-Warda as Military Judge

Iman, a young newly wed Palestinian bride, is arrested and incarcerated in a top-security Israeli prison where she gives birth to a baby boy. As she struggles to survive and raise her child behind bars, she is torn between her instinct as a mother and the difficult decisions she must make, finding through her relationship with the other prisoners - both Palestinian and Israeli – the time and space to reflect, develop and mature as a young woman.

Farha

palestinian-israeli conflict

8.0

♡ 35

100%

inspired by true story

palestine

Darin J. Sallam Director

Ali Suliman as Abu Walid

Karam Taher as Farha

Ashraf Barhom as Farha's Father

Firas Taybeh as Farida's Father

Palestine, 1948. After the withdrawal of the British occupiers, tensions rise between Arabs and Jews. Meanwhile, Farha, the smart daughter of the mayor of a small village, unaware of the coming tragedy, dreams of going to study in the big city.

Mom Is Pregnant

5.4

♡ 17

Comedy

Mahmoud Karim Director

Mohamed Elgendy as

Mohamed Sallam as

Bayyumi Fuad as (as Bayyumi Fuad)

Houda Majd as Haydi

When their sixty-something mother announces she’s pregnant, Esam and Basem find themselves in hilarious situations as they try to get her to have an abortion.

Casablanca Beats

5.9

♡ 1

86%

Nabil Ayouch Director

Anwar Elbathy as

Ahmed Hosny as

Ahmed Radwan Mohamed as

Momo Casablanca as Imam

When a rapper-turned-teacher brings hip-hop to a community center in an impoverished area of Casablanca, his tough methods spark an explosion of talent.

Alexandria: Again and Forever

1989

6.6

♡ 8

Youssef Chahine Director

Ragaa Hussein as

Seif Abdelrahman as Mohamed Bey

Salah Zulfikar as Self

Youssef Chahine as Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.

The Challenge

2016

6.2

♡ 1

53%

Documentary

Yuri Ancarani Director

Director Yuri Ancarani crosses the Persian Gulf to accompany a falconer to an important competition, entering the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry. The opulence of this Middle Eastern gas state is on full display as the men race SUVs up and down sand dunes, fly their prized falcons around on private jets, and take their pet cheetahs out for desert spins in their souped-up Ferraris.

Route 10

2022

4.8

♡ 4

Action

Thriller

Omar Naim Director

Hgm Moejione Mohammed Gaber as Gun Stalker

Fatima AlBanawi as Maryam

Abdulmohsen Alnemr as Mohammad

Baraa Alem as Nasser

Maryam and Nasser are set to travel from Riyadh to attend their father’s wedding in Abu Dhabi, until the flight is cancelled. Undaunted, they decide to make the journey by car instead. Their time together will mend a relationship that has frayed since their mother’s death as they share their feelings about their overbearing father––but, they underestimate the many hazards of the desert road, including an angry stranger whose terrifying pursuit has the brother and sister driving for their lives.

Amal

2017

7.0

Documentary

Mohamed Siam Director

Amal Gamal as Self

Nagua Said as Self

Esraa Mamdouh as Self

Hosny Swelam as Self

Amal is 14 years old when she ends up on Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution, after the death of her boyfriend in the Port Said Stadium riot. During the protests, she is beaten by police and dragged across the square by her hair. This coming-of-age film follows her over the years after the revolution. As the film cuts between the unfolding current events and Amal’s rapidly changing life and appearance, we see her searching for her own identity in a country in transition. Amal is fiery and fearless, sinking her teeth into the protests and constantly lecturing her mother, who works as a judge. A girl among men, she also has to fight for respect and the right to take part, both in the street and in the rest of her life. In Egypt, even for a young woman like Amal—her name means "hope"—the choices open to her for her future are limited.

No Surrender

2018

5.6

♡ 74

62%

Peter Mimi Director

Mostafa Khater as Asforh

Scott Adkins as The Crazy One

Amir Karara as Youssef EL Masry

Ghadah Abdulrazeq as Zauba

Alexandria, Egypt, 1940. Three young Egyptians come to the aid of a woman being attacked by three British soldiers. One of them is arrested and thrown in jail. When the military surrounds the police station and begins an all-out assault, it's up to one man, Gen. Youssef al-Masri, to defend his prison and protect his people.

The Beach House

2016

6.0

♡ 4

60%

beach house