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Was not shot in Saudi Arabia, but in the state of Arizona, Investigate the bombing of an American compound. Jennifer Garner, and Jason Batman, and involves the story ofĪ team of US FBI agents who travel to Saudi Arabia to This Hollywood release stars Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper,
Outrage in glancing jabs of absurdist observation." The film His daughter's 7th birthday, and the New York Timesĭescribes the film as "a dark urban comedy that registers To pay his wages, he must earn a living by driving hisīrother-in-law's taxi. Ramallah, where, because the government has run out of money Greatest travelers, from his home in Tangiers to Mecca toĪ judge returns from abroad to the West Bank city of Traces the journey of Ibn Battutah, one of the world's This IMAX film, narrated by Ben Kinsley, is set in 1325, and In Arabic and Kurdish, with English subtitles. Al Daradji won two awardsįor this film at the 2010 Berlin International Filmįestival. His grandmother on a journey across Iraq, as she tries toĭiscover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who Set in 2003, this film by Iraqi-Dutch director Mohamed Alĭaradji tells the story of 12-year-old Ahmed, who follows Wouldn't let them film in their city - the film was shot in īut, as Audra pointed out in her guest letter from the Samantha take their schtick on the road to Abu Dhabi. The famous Manhattanites Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and We had to include this much fluffier 2010 option, in which Is chiefly in French and Arabic, with English subtitles. Middle East will know, is a stand-in for Lebanon. Of Fuad, which, as anyone who knows anything about the The majority of theĪction takes place in the fictional Middle Eastern country Travel from Montreal to the Middle East to try to discover Mouawad's play, Scorched, the film follows the journey ofĪ twin sister and brother who, after their mother's death, This 2010 French Canadian film was nominated for the Bestįoreign Language Film at the 2011 Oscars. "Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with." Wadjda, a 10-year-old girl living in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The film, in Arabic with English subtitles, tells the story of This film, about a young female Saudi doctor's run for office in the local city elections, was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. (Note: This should not beĪ film by Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour, the first female filmmaker in Many of the general release/popularįilms are widely available. In reverse order of date of release, i.e., from most recent
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Historical fiction, to shorts, to documentary. The options range from general release fiction, to In an earlier article, we provided a list of books that oneĪbout Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, but there is another