Kaleem Aftab
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Lebanese female metal band Slave to Sirens in Sundance documentary
'Sirens' by Rita Baghdadi follows Lebanese duo Slave to Sirens as they form a music career in a country struck by crisis
Serena and Venus Williams on 'King Richard': 'It's a brilliant piece of work'
The film tells the story of the tennis superstars' father, who is played by Will Smith
Jordanian filmmaker Bassel Ghandour on creating his directorial debut 'The Alleys'
The film had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival last week
Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid is rewriting what it means to be a Muslim boy in the West
The filmmaker's second feature is a unique love story that premiered in Cannes this month
Director Maythem Ridha on why he's telling stories of a different Iraq through his films
The Sheffield DocFest winner speaks about blending fact and fiction for his latest documentary 'Ali and His Miracle Sheep'
'I needed to grieve behind the camera': Lebanese director makes new documentary about Beirut blast
The Lebanese director's first film in eight years tells the story of Nicole Torbey, whose husband was injured in the August explosion
How a box of keepsakes inspired Lebanese film that explores old war wounds
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's latest film, which is screening at the Berlin Film Festival, weaves both the past and the present in a touching narrative
Tale of 'two worlds': Footballers in Jordan refugee camp take centre stage in film
Director Ali El Arabi helms the only Arab film showing at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival
'The White Tiger' takes on caste and classism – not just in India, but everywhere
Director Ramin Bahrani tells 'The National' how the film unravels social injustice
How Kingsley Ben-Adir juggled playing Malcolm X and Obama at the same time
It took perseverance and a bit of luck for the actor to land the part of the civil rights activist in 'One Night in Miami'
'Men should be equal to women': How Hany Abu-Assad tackles feminism in latest film
The Oscar-nominated director gives a few clues about the plot and tone of his latest film, ‘Huda’s Salon’
Exploring the story of Egypt through the lens of 1969 film 'The Mummy'
Writer Youssef Rakha analysed Shadi Abdel Salam's masterpiece in context of the world at the time
Director Raja Amari puts racism in Tunisia under the lens with new documentary
The film follows Ghofrane Binous, a budding black politician, as she runs for office
A different narrative: how British film 'Limbo' tells a refugee story with humour
‘Limbo’ stars British-Egyptian actor Amir El Masry who plays an asylum seeker stuck on a Scottish island
Riz Ahmed hopes to tackle tough questions about identity in 'Mogul Mowgli'
The actor and director Bassim Tariq took a trip to Pakistan as they wrote the film together