Amal Awad reviews Susan Abulhawa’s moving new novel, ‘The Blue Between Sky and Water’. There is danger in thinking that a single story tells the lives of many. Perhaps more dangerous is […]
Only the Dead raises an ethical conundrum
Widyan Fares reviews Australian documentary ‘Only the Dead’, which screened at the Sydney Film Festival last week. Set in the dusty and ragged terrain of war torn Iraq, Only the Dead incorporates […]
Riz: representing Western Sydney
Nour Haydar talks to Australian directors Guido Gonzalez and S.Shakhidharan at the Sydney Film Festival red carpet about their feature film, Riz, which tells a multicultural story to which we can all relate… Filmmakers […]
Villa Touma and the internal occupation
Amal Awad talks to Palestinian filmmaker Suha Arraf about her film Villa Touma, which is currently screening at the Sydney Film Festival, and the politics of representing Palestine and Palestinians in film … […]
Cartel Land: documenting a war against the people
Jennine Abdul Khalik reviews the chilling documentary ‘Cartel Land‘, which screened earlier this week at the Sydney Film Festival… With footage to rival an action movie and, at moments, a horror movie, the […]