The animated film adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s classic, The Prophet, premiered in Sydney at the Lebanese Film Festival last week. Melissa Lahoud spoke to Hollywood producer Ron Senkowski about reworking a literary […]
The faithful fall for anything in Lebanese movie Ghadi
Amin Dora’s Lebanese film Ghadi (2013) steers away from the themes we have come to expect in Arab cinema. Full of clever, side-splitting commentary about religious gullibility and poor community attitudes towards people with […]
What Jon Stewart taught me
As notable comedian Jon Stewart wraps up his final episode of The Daily Show, Mostafa Rachwani reflects on the huge role that the liberal, Jewish American comedian played in shaping a Muslim, […]
ReBOOKS: saving refugee literacy in Australia
“All I had was a candle and a desk to study.” My father sipped his tea as the steam was still rising and fogging his glasses. His eyes were deep in the memories […]
On not being Mahmoud Darwish: The challenge for Arab-Australian artists
I wanted to be Britney Spears when I was thirteen years old. I couldn’t really dance or hold a tune to save my life but, really, neither could she, and her crop […]