Category Cinema
So far, we have discussed many artworks that target audiences in Arab states, yet these same artworks reverberate across the world resulting in various responses. Throughout our course, I have become increasingly disenchanted with notions of the ‘global’ and artists… Continue Reading →
Lina Matta’s endeavor to showcase representations of the Middle East by people who are actually from the Middle East almost seems like the most obvious thing in the world, but is unfortunately something that it is relatively revolutionary. Her first-of-its-kind film festival of… Continue Reading →
As those of you who attended Lina Matta’s presentation are aware, Lina Matta is the definition of a film aficionado. Working in television media management and coordinating film festivals for the “well-read, well-traveled” population of Westchester, New York (read: 10th… Continue Reading →
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Your quote on the current state of Muslim popular culture, to generalize for a brief moment, glued itself to my thoughts and… Continue Reading →