Zena Youseph has first-hand experience battling one of the bigger elephants in the Arab room. In this second installment of her three-part Sajjeling series, Zena delves into the history of mental health taboos in Arab societies… […]
Past and present collide in A Time to Rest
Miriam Succar reviews A Time to Rest, which screened at this year’s St George Bank Lebanese Film Festival. Award-winning film, A Time to Rest, is a 2015 Lebanese documentary filmed in Beirut […]
Barakah Meets Barakah: a Rom-Com with an endearing, Saudi twist
By Amal Awad There is no denying that Arab cinema is emerging on the international scene as a dynamic industry that deals in real life with both comedic flair and gritty reality. […]
In memory of the Brown Nightingale
If you thought Beliebers or Directioners set the standard for hardcore fan action, you might have been surprised by scenes across the Arab world 39 years ago, yesterday. On March 30, 1977, […]
Feeling at home: SBS Arabic goes 24-hour
Australian public broadcaster SBS will stream 24-hour Arabic language content for the first time tomorrow. The new digital radio channel, SBS Arabic24, is a 12-month trial that is set to expand on […]