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1) Adam
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
"Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her eight-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a roof over her head. The little girl is immediately taken with the newcomer, but her mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their home. Gradually, however, Abla's resolve...
2) Razzia
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
In the searing and mesmerizing drama, five Moroccans from different social and religious strata are pushed to the fringe by their extremist government. Spanning three decades and several storylines, director Nabil Ayouch weaves an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day Morocco.
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35 year old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life. With the help of his friends, who send him footage from their lives in Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and beauty of living--IMDb.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
The free-spirited Badri family escapes the toxic pollution and social unrest of Beirut by seeking refuge in a utopic mountain home they've devoted years to building for themselves. Unexpectedly, the government begins construction on a garbage landfill right outside their fence, bringing the trash and corruption of a whole country to their doorstep. As the landfill rises, so do family tensions, and the Badri's are left with a choice: stay off the grid...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
"At only twenty-three years old, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad's life is a dizzying array of important undertakings, from giving testimony before the U.N. Security Council to visiting refugee camps to soul-bearing media interviews, emotionally draining speeches and an endless succession of one-on-one meetings with top government officials."--Container.
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Sami lives in Jerusalem with his wife and child, and an invitation to his brother's wedding forces him to return to the Arab village where he grew up. After the wedding, with no warning or explanation, the village is put under military lockdown by Israeli soldiers and cut off from the outside world. Chaos rises overnight amongst those stuck within the walls.
9) The insult
Publisher
Entertainment One Film USA
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
10) Yomeddine
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Beshay, a man cured of leprosy, has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meager possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he set out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wing, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, all its hardships and its moments of grace....
Publisher
Kino Lorber Edu
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (334 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
"In his epic and engaging documentary of life in Baghdad before and after the 2003 US invasion, Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel acquaints us with a moving portrait of his own family and friends as they struggle in the advent and the uncertain aftermath of war. Displaying courage, grace and even humor after decades of deprivation through conflict, international sanctions, and totalitarian oppression, their optimism and determination is both inspiring...
Publisher
Just Vision
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Naila and the Uprising chronicle the remarkable real-life journey of Naila Ayesh, a key figure in the First Intifada, which forced the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
During her son's naming ceremony, a Sheikh predicts that Sakina's child will die at the age of twenty. Haunted by this prophecy, Sakina becomes overly protective of her son Muzamil, who grows up knowing about his fate. As Muzamil escapes Sakina's ever-watchful eye, he encounters friends, ideas, and challenges that make him question his destiny.
14) In between
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 43 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Lalia (Mouna Hawa), Salma (Sana Jammelieh), and Nur (Shaden Kanboura) share an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv. Lalia, a criminal lawyer with a wicked wit, loves to burn off her workday stress in the underground club scene. Salma, slightly more subdued, is a DJ and bartender. Nur is a younger, religious Muslim girl who moves into the apartment in order to study at the university. Nur is both intrigued and intimidated by her two sophisticated...
15) 200 meters
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Mustafa, a Palestinian construction worker, lives 200 meters away from his wife Salwa and their children in villages separated by the Israeli border wall. Though his family are all Israeli citizens, Mustafa refuses to obtain a permit to live with them. Unwilling to succumb to what he believes are unjust laws, he instead uses his work permit to visit daily. However, one day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has been injured and brought to...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Maryam is a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community's struggle to accept her as their town's first female candidate, Maryam's creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
17) Casablanca beats
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture.
18) Ajami
Publisher
Kino
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Shakespearian in its scope and themes; revenge, loyalty, hope and despair, draws us into the lives of two brothers fearing assassination; a young refugee working illegally to cover his mother's medical expenses; a cop obsessed with finding his missing brother. Through this dramatic collision of different worlds, we witness cultural and religious tensions simmering beneath the surface and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors.
19) Trances
Author
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustration ; 72 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 12).
Language
Arabic
Description
The film is about a Moroccan soul music band called Trances.
20) Tel Aviv on fire
Series
Publisher
Entertainment One, Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Salam is an amateurish young Palestinian man who becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a fortuitous meeting with an Israeli soldier. His artistic career is on the rise until the soldier and the show's financial sponsors disagree about how the show should end, and Salam gets caught in the middle.
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