Video
Middle East Film Collection at the Avery Fisher Center
Films listed alphabetically by title. For more information about a particular film, check Bobcat, the online catalog for Bobst Library.
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Director: Kiarostami, Abbas
In Farsi with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3277
500 Dunam On The Moon
Director: Jones, Rachel Leah
Arabic, Hebrew and French dialogue with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3629
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About Baghdad
Director: Antun, Sinan, 1967-
In English and Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 2815
Al Jazeera Voice Of Arabia
Director: Hakem, Tewfik
In Arabic, English and French with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 14188
Al Nakba The Palestinian Catastrophe, 1948
Director: Brunner, Benny
Call number: DVD 3677
All About Darfur
Director: Elsanhouri, Taghreed
In Arabic and English with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 14773
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Bab el-Oued City
Director: Merzak Allouache
Algeria, 1993, 90 min.
Arabic and French with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5410
Band and the Bracelet [Al-Tawq wa Al-Iswirah]
Director: Kairy Beshara
Egypt, 1986, 116 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6713
Baran
Director: Majidi, Majid, 1959-
In Persian English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3428
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Director: Bahram Beizai
Iran, 1985, 75 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5684
Battle of Algiers
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Algeria, 1967, 122 min.
Call number: VCA 4659
The Beginning and the End [Al-Bidayah wa Al-Nihayah]
Director: Salah Abou Seif
Egypt, 1960, 130 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6718
Being Osama
Director: Kaabour, Mahmoud
Call number: VCA 14404
Beyond the Walls
Director: Uri Barbash
Israel, 1984, 103 min.
Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles.
Call number: VCA 5693
Bitter Day, Sweet Day [Yawm Mur, Yawm Hilu]
Director: Kairy Beshara
Egypt, 1988, 125 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6914
Black Panthers in Israel Speak
Call number: DVD 3119
Bridge To Baghdad. A Youth Dialogue
Director: Alpert, Jon
Call number: VCA 14693
Buy-i Kafur, Itr-i Yas The Smell Of Camphor, The Fragrance Of Jasmine
Director: Farman Ara, Bahman
In Persian with white English subtitles
Call number: DVD 2895
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Cairo as told by Youssef Chahine [al-Qahira menauwwara bi Ahlaha]
Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt, 1991, 23 min.
Call number: VCA 6953
Cairo Station [Bab al-Hadid]
Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt, 1958, 74 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5689
Calendar
Director: Atom Egoyan
Armenia/ Canada/ Germany, 1993, 73 min.
Some Armenian with English translation
Call number: VCA 4649
Camera d'Arabe- the Young Arab Cinema
Director: Ferid Boughedir
1987, 60 min.
In English with some subtitled Arabic
Call number: VCA 3515
Canticles of the Stones
Director: Michel Khleifi
Palestine/ Belgium, 1990, 110 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5755
The Children Of Ibdaa To Create Something Out Of Nothing
Director: Smith Patrick, S.
English and Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 14177
Crescent and cross : rise of Islam and age of Crusades
Call number: DVD 3550
Curfew
Director: Rashid Masharawi
Palestine/ The Netherlands, 1993, 75 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5680
The Cyclist [Baysikelran]
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iran, 1989, 75 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6070
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Destiny [Al Massir]
Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt/ France, 1998, 137 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8359
Determination [Al-Azimah]
Director: Kamal Salim
Egypt, 1939, 108 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6715
A Door to the Sky [Bab Al-Sama' Maftuh]
Director: Farida Ben Lyazid
Morocco, 1989, 107 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5681
Dreams of Hind and Camilia [Ahlam Hind wa Camilia]
Director: Mohammed Khan
Egypt, 1989, 115 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5691
The Dupes
Director: Tewfik Saleh
Syria, 1972, 107 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5687
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Edward Said On Orientalism
Said, Edward W.
Call number: DVD 2588
Elusive Peace Israel And The Arabs
Director: Edge, Dan
Call number: DVD 3778
The Emigrant
Director: Chahine, Youssef
Arabic and English with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 2964
Extras [al Kompars]
Director: Nabil Maleh
Syria, 1993, 100 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7970
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Fatimah
Umm Kulthum, 1898-1975
Call number: DVD 2598
Fear Eats the Soul [Angst essen Seele auf] aka Ali, Fear Eats the Soul
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Germany, 1974, 94 min.
German with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 2998
Force of Circumstance
Director: Liza Bear
US, 1989, 86 min.
Call number: VCA 2425
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Gaddafi's Gamble
Director: Jolley, Mary Ann
Call number: VCA 14595
Gagooman: The Twilight
Director: Rosoulof, Mohammad
In Persian with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3543
Googoosh: Iran's Daughter
Director: Zamani, Farhad
Persian and English dialogue, English subtitles.
Call number: DVD 3025
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Halfaouine: a child of the terraces
Director: Ferid Boughedir
Tunisia, 1990, 98 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5317
Hamoun [The Desert]
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Iran, 1991, 107 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7918
Hamsin [Eastern Wind]
Director: Daniel Wachsmann
Israel, 1988, 90 min.
Hebrew with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6141
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi
Director: Mograbi, Avi, 1956-
The Horse
Director: Ali Ozgenturk
Turkey, 1983, 116 min.
Turkish with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6040
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Ice Cream in Glym [Ays Krim fi Glim]
Director: Kharyi Beshara
Egypt, 1992, 120 min
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7400P
The Inner Tour : A Journey Through Israel In 7 Chapters
Director: Alexandrowicz, Ra'anan
Arabic, Hebrew, and English with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3228
Islam vs. Islam
Director: Tatge, Catherine
Call number: DVD 3155
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Jerusalem, Another Day
Director: Abu-Assad, Hany
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Call number: DVD 2597
Journey To The Sun
Director: Ustaoglu, Yesim
Kurdish and Turkish dialogue, English subtitles.
Call number: DVD 2810
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Ka-annana ishrun mustahil = Like twenty impossibles
Director: Jacir, Annemarie
Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Call number: DVD 3163
The Key [Kelid]
Director: Ebrahim Forouzesh
Iran, 1986, 76 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6073
Khanah Siyah Ast = The House Is Black
Director: Farrukhzad, Furugh
In Persian with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 2966
Kit Kat
Director: Daoud Abd al-Sayyid
Egypt, 1991, 112 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6863
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The Land [Al-Ard]
Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt, 1970, 130 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6717
The Last Act
Director: Varuzh Karim Masihi
Iran, 1991, 110 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8808
Lawrence of Arabia
Director: David Lean
UK, 1962, 204 min.
Call number: VCA 1400
Lawrence Of Arabia: The Battle For Arab World
Director: Hawes, James
Call number: DVD 3442
The Legend of Sigh [Afsane-ye-ah]
Director: Tahmineh Milani
Iran, 1991, 105 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8778
Leila
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Iran, 1997, 102 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 9205
Life and Nothing More aka and Life Goes on [Va zendegi edameh darad]
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1992, 91 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6071
Lion of the Desert
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Great Britain, 1979, 191 min.
Call number: VCA 5695
Little Wars [Hurub Saghirah]
Director: Maroun Baghdadi
Lebanon, 1981, 108 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6712
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Mali & Senegal: The Power Of Islam
Director: Shima, Hiroyuki
Call number: DVD 3653
Men, the Masters [Al-Sadahal-Rijal]
Director: Raafat al-Mihi
Egypt, 1987, 118 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6714
Mercedes
Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Egypt, 1993, 108 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6051P
The Message
Director: Moustapha Akkad
1991, 317 min.
Call number: VCA 5694
The Mountain [Al-Jabal]
Director: Hanna Elias
Palestine, 1991, 32 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5688
Muhsin Bey
Director: Yavur Turgul
Turkey, 1987, 123 min.
In Turkish
Call number: VCA 5679
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Namehay Bad = Letters In The Wind
Director: Amini, Ali-Reza
In Persian with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3420
The Need
Director: Alireza Davudneshad
Iran, 1991, 81 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6074
The Night of the Counting Years [Al Mournia]
Director: Shadi Abd el-Salam
Egypt, 1969, 100 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5696
Night of the Jackal [Layali Ibn Aawa]
Director: Abdulatif Abdulhamid
Syria, 1974, 105 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5686
The Nightingale's Prayer
Director: Jawhar, Yusuf
In Arabic, with available English or French subtitles
Call number: DVD 2596
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua
Director: Djebar, Assia
Algeria, 1977, 115 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8953
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Omar Gatlato [Omar it-kills-him]
Director: Merzak Allouache
Algeria, 1976, 90 min.
In Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7353
Once Upon a Time: Beirut
Director: Jocelyne Saab
Lebanon/ France, 1989, 101 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5682
Once Upon a Time Cinema
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iran, 1992, 100 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8807
The Other
Director: Chahine, Youssef
Call number: DVD 3147
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The Pastry Girl
Director: Tahmasb, Iraj
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3846
Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land U.S. Media & The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Director: All, Lorraine
Call number: DVD 2619 2 discs
The Peddler [Dastforush]
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Iran, 1986, 95 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6072
A Place Called Home
Director: Sadegh-Vaziri, Persheng
Call number: VCA 14703
Playing with the Big Guys [Al-Lu'ub ma al-Kibar]
Director: Sharif Arafa
Egypt, 1991, 125 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6716
The Puppeteer [Al-Aragouz]
Director: Hani Lachine
Egypt, 1989, 117 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5690
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Raging Dove
Dror, Duki
Chiefly in English with English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3628
Ramparts of Clay
Director: Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
Tunisia, 1984, 87 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 3301
Return To Kandahar
Director: Pazira, Nelofer
Call number: DVD 3888
Robbing The Cradle Of Civilization
Director: Benger, Robin
Call number: VCA 14599
The Runner [Davandeh]
Director: Amir Naderi
Iran, 1985, 75 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5685
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Saint Clara
Director: Ari Folman
Israel, 1996, 85 min.
Hebrew with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8905
Saladin [Al-Naser Salah Eddine]
Director: Youssef Chahine
Egypt. 1963, 146 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6958
Salut Cousin!
Director: Merzak Allouache
France, 1996, 100 min.
French with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7173
The Sealed Soil
Director: Marva Nabili
Iran, 1977, 90 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7413
The Season Of Planting Girls
Director: Shafiq, Viola
Call number: VCA 14518
Selves And Others: A Portrait Of Edward Said
Director: Hamon, Emmanuel
Call number: VCA 14256
Sheltering Sky
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Morocco/Algeria/ Niger, 1990, 139 min.
Call number: VCA 5148
Shirin Neshat The Woman Moves
Director: Neshat, Shirin, 1957-
Call number: VCA 14302
Shocking And Awful: A Grassroots Response To War And Occupation
Director: Sadegh-Vaziri, Persheng
Call number: DVD 2831 3 discs
The Silence
Director: Makhmalbaf, Muhsin
In Persian with optional English subtitles
Call number: DVD 3492
The Silences of the Palace
Director: Moufida Tlatli
Tunisia, 1994, 129 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6672
The Silent Traveler [Karevanaki Bidang]
Director: Ibrahim Selman
Kurdistan/ Greece, 1993, 92 min.
Kurdish with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6954
Stories My Country Told Me
Director: Ahmad, Eqbal
Stranger and the Fog
Director: Bahram Beizai
Iran, 1974, 140 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6925
Summer Thefts [Sataqat Sayfiyyah]
Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Egypt, 1988, 102 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7060
A Suspended Life
Director: Jocelyn Saab
Lebanon, 1984, 90 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5756
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Tale of the Three Lost Jewels [Hikayat al-Jawahir al-Thalath]
(condensed version)
Director: Michel Khleifi
Gaza, 1994, 50 min
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5588
Tea in the Harem [The au harem d'Archi Ahmed]
Director: Mehdi Charef
France, 1986, 110 min.
French with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5852
Through the Olive Trees
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1994, 103 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7382P
La Trace
Director: Nejia Ben Mabrouk
Tunisia, 1982/85, 90 min.
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5455
Traffic Light
Director: Kharyi Beshara
Egypt
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7402P
Travellers [Mosaferan]
Director: Bahram Beyzaie
Iran, 1992, 90 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8810
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Under The Skin Of The City
Director: Bani Itimad, Rakhshan, 1954-
Persian dialogue, English subtitles
Call number: DVD 2512
Until when
Director: Abourahme, Dahna
Call number: DVD 3136
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Vakunish -i Panjum The Fifth Reaction
Director: Karimi, Niki
Call number: DVD 3800 2 discs
Walling In Walling Out: A Bethlehem Story
Wedding in Galilee
Director: Michel Khleifi
West Bank/ Belgium, 1987, 116 min.
Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 1847
Where is the Friend's Home? [Khaneh-ye dust kojast?]
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1989, 90 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6817
The White Balloon [Badkonake Sefid]
Director: Jafar Panahi
Iran, 1995, 85 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 6442
Wild Desire
Director: Kharyi Beshara
Egypt
Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 7401P
Women: Nashim
Director: Moshe Mizrahi
Israel, 1997, 98 min.
Hebrew with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 9224
Women And Islam Islam Unveiled
Director: Hamid, Ruhi
Call number: VCA 14593
Women Like Us
Director: Sadegh-Vaziri, Persheng
In Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 14686
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Yawmiyat ahir = Diary of a male whore
Director: Tawfik Abu Wael
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Call number: DVD 3595
Yemen Option
Director: Corcoran, Marc
Call number: VCA 14603
Yol
Director: Yilmaz Guney
Turkey, 1982, 115 min.
Turkish with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 5683
Yoom Ilak, Yoom Aleik Heritage, Eviction, Hope : Palestinian Refugees of 1948 Jerusalem
Director: Willems, Leon
In English and Arabic with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 14745
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Z
Director: Costa-Gavras
1969, Algeria/ France, 128 min.
French with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 2121
Zinat
Director: Ebrahim Mokhtari
Iran, 1994, 88 min.
Persian with English subtitles
Call number: VCA 8809
