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

by Lina Khatib

Book Overview

'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"