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The Middle East Studies Collection

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The Middle East Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Life 8 - Hassan and The Graduates - imageLife 8 - Hassan and The Graduates

As Egyptian industry is undermined by Chinese imports, Hassan, a university graduate, takes up the government's offer of free land to farm.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Living With The Past - imageLiving With The Past
Cairo is one of the few medieval cities in the world that remains relatively intact. This a portrait of Darb al-Ahmar, a neighborhood in the old city now facing a process of radical change.
Icarus Films | 2001 | 56 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Mustapha Kemal Ataturk - imageMustapha Kemal Ataturk
The story of the founder of the Republic of Turkey, called Ataturk ('the father of the Turks').
Icarus Films | 2005 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Neither Allah, Nor Master! - imageNeither Allah, Nor Master!

An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 71 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Palestine Is Still The Issue - imagePalestine Is Still The Issue

John Pilger returns to the Middle East and questions why there has been no progress towards peace.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Syria: the Assads' Twilight - imageSyria: the Assads' Twilight
A lively documentary history of Syria's Assad regime, tracing its origins and influence, even as it clings to power in the face of the Arab spring.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 52 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Tadmor - imageTadmor

Eight former detainees recall the years spent being tortured in Syria's notorious Tadmor Prison.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 103 minutes
Tahrir: Liberation Square - imageTahrir: Liberation Square

Director Stefano Savona lived and filmed on the front lines in Tahrir Square, Cairo, to make this film from the heart of the protests that overthrew Mubarak in Egypt last year.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 90 minutes | 10-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
The Battle for the Arab Viewer - imageThe Battle for the Arab Viewer

A behind-the-scenes look at the rivalry between the Arab world's two main TV networks - Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 48 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
The End of the Ottoman Empire - Part One - imageThe End of the Ottoman Empire - Part One

The Ottomans ruled three continents for six centuries. How did their rule end, and how does this history inform politics today? Part one of a two part series.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 54 minutes

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