Arab (Documentary)
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1. Born on the 25th of January (2011)
80 min | Documentary
From January 25 to May 27, 2011, the film tracks four months of the Egyptian revolution as seen through the director's eyes. January 25 is the beginning, but May 27 is not the end - because the revolution continues.
Director: Ahmed Rashwan
Votes: 57
2. A Present from the Past: 20 September (2016)
80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Mokhtar, a filmmaking professor, receives an unexpected gift on his 75th birthday from his daughter Kawthar, a filmmaker in her early twenties. With two plane tickets to Rome, they set out ... See full summary »
Director: Kawthar Younis | Stars: Kawthar Younis, Mokhtar Younis
Votes: 106
3. Zabaleen (2015)
65 min | Documentary, Biography
'The hell of the mountain is better than the heaven of the government.'
Director: Justin Kramer
Votes: 8
4. Waves (2012)
71 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Suez city is the birthplace of the 2011 January revolution. The director looks back to the history of this port city since the 80's.
Director: Ahmed Ismaiel Nour | Stars: Ahmed Ghazali, Ahmed Ismaiel Nour, Hala Rami
Votes: 26
5. The Lurker (2014)
55 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
The Lurker tells the story of Mohannad, who decided to lurk inside the thugs and pro-Mubarak groups to know their plans to attack the revolutionary demonstrations against the military regime using hidden cameras.
Director: Emadeldin Elsayed | Star: Mohanned Galal
Votes: 22
6. Living Skin (2010)
52 min | Documentary
Children working in a deadly profession, but they are trying to live. Do they succeed?
Director: Ahmed Fawzi Saleh
Votes: 33
7. Gaza (2019)
92 min | Documentary
A beautiful portrait of everyday Gazan citizens, leading meaningful lives beyond the rubble of perennial conflict.
Directors: Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell | Star: Dana Abed
Votes: 564
9. Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams (2012)
100 min | Documentary
You don't need a gun to be a rebellious cinematographer, but you need to be a witness on your history.
Director: Hamid Benamra | Stars: Mustapha Boutadjine, Salah Teskouk, Tommie Smith, Henri Alleg
Votes: 10
10. Socotra: He'r wa Imshin (2014)
37 min | Documentary, Short, History
The ancient island of Socotra is filled with natural beauty, much of which is also in the hidden talent of a folk culture seen nowhere else in the world. Introduced by the verses and ... See full summary »
Director: Felisa Jiménez | Stars: Authman Abdullah Authman Beidhobo, Mahdi Khamis Naseeb Said, Mohammed Salem Abdullah
Votes: 5
11. 73 °C (2017)
103 min | Documentary
Asia, Rayan and Ali find themselves imprisoned in their homeland, Iraq, because of the Western invasion. With their lives shattered and in a country where violence and religious war pose a threat to their health and well-being.
Director: Baz Shamoun | Stars: Ali, Asia, Rayan, Dinka Shamoun
Votes: 13
12. Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards (2004)
57 min | Documentary
The documentary investigates the phenomenon of Qaddafi's elite female bodyguard corps and the tensions these women embody: tensions between Islam, modernisation in a nomadic society, a militarist feminism and an urban dictatorship.
Director: Rania Ajami | Stars: Rania Ajami, Muammar Gaddafi, Fatima Elalem, Muammer Ben Saed
Votes: 117
13. Nous les Irakiens (2004)
52 min | Documentary
Living in exile in France for the past 25 years, Abbas Fahdel last year made Retour à Babylone, the occasion to return home, be reunited with his childhood friends and explore a reality ... See full summary »
Director: Abbas Fahdel | Stars: Mowafak Abed-Salih, Abbo Assiya, Solange Billardello, Nicolas Brossette
Votes: 85
14. Obscure (2017)
64 min | Documentary, War
Ahmad is a Syrian child who doesn't want to remember that he is Syrian. Half traumatized, half trying to escape his reality, he prefers to be silent and asleep. In his silence and refusal ... See full summary »
Director: Soudade Kaadan
Votes: 13
15. Life After Daesh (2017)
22 min | Documentary
In this groundbreaking TV series, ISIS defectors from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Morocco reveal why they joined, what they did, and why they decided to risk their lives to escape from the world's most dangerous terrorist organization.
Stars: Ali Mula, Nissrine Hatoum, Mohammed Reda Curdi, Ahmed
Votes: 1,506
16. Umm Kulthum (1996)
Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary
She had the musicality of Ella Fitzgerald, the public presence of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis Presley. Her name was Umm Kulthum, and she became a powerful symbol, first of ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Goldman | Stars: Tawfik Badawi, Virginia Danielson, Amal Fahmy, Umm Kulthum
Votes: 122
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