A Lebanese father tells his teenage daughter she is free to choose whether to have sex with her boyfriend despite his reservations. An Egyptian wife discreetly slips off her black, lacy underwear from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At this year’s Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim in the ...

Qatar and Jordan make moves, Palestinian cinema and Gaza are drawing attention, Egypt returns to the Un Certain Regard program after nine years, and Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi make their presence felt ...

In a season of strong film festivals, the San Diego Arab Film Festival has brought its top game to this, its sixth year. Although the festival is a bit more stripped down this time around, the program ...

Netflix’s first ever Arabic film, a remake of the Italian hit “Perfect Strangers,” has quickly hit No. 1 in several countries across the Middle East and won critical acclaim, but it’s also been the ...

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 key ...

A former actress (last seen in 2006’s “Yacoubian Building”), Younes manages leading Egyptian production company Al-Arabia, overseeing between 15-20 Egyptian films a year. The company (founded by her ...

At this year's Cairo Intl. Film Festival, Egyptian filmmakers arrive not just to premiere their films, but to stake a claim in the country's cinematic future. Once the beating heart of Arab cinema, ...