Film | Authentic Materials | Aldaad Arabic Culture and Language Resources

This guide from Primary Source includes a collection of …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

My Neighborhood-Discussion Guide

This film guide is designed to follow the film My Neigh …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Just Vision

Budrus- Discussion Guide

This discussion guide was designed to accompany the doc …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Just Vision

Budrus

This documentary tells the story of a community organiz …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Dialect: Levantine (Palestinian)
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Just Vision

My Neighborhood

My Neighborhood tells the true story of Mohammed El Kur …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Just Vision

Palestine in Film

This resource serves as a comprehensive guide to the re …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)

Movies about the Middle East

This resource includes an extensive list of films about …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Helen Ziegler and Associates

Glories of Islamic Art

Glories of Islamic Art is a four-part television series …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Islamic Arts and Architecture

Arts & Identity: Teaching About Palestinian and Israeli Identity Through the Arts

This website, created by Betsey Coleman, teacher at Col …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

Modern Egypt

This guide provides books, websites, curriculum, films …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

A Century of Conflict & Resolution in the Middle East

This guide provides books, videos, news sources, blogs, …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Print Publication, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

Contestant No. 2

This episode of Wide Angle features an Arab-Israeli gir …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Wide Angle

Films for the Classroom

This resource lists 13 films from and about the Middle …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TeachMideast

Superheroes Inspired by Islam

In this TED Talk, Naif Al-Mutawa talks about THE 99, a …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other, Spanish
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: TED Conferences, LLC

Suheir Hammad: Poems of War, Peace, Women, Power

In this TED Talk, Suheir Hammad performs two spoken wor …

The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour

Jamil Abu-Wardeh founded the Axis of Evil Middle East C …

A Country with No Water

Qatar has many natural resources, but water is not one …

Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen Through My Eyes

In this TED Talk, Nadia Al-Sakkaf talks about her visio …

The Attitudes that Sparked Arab Spring

In this Ted Talk, Dalia Mogahed shares information abou …

Revolution in Cairo

The Egyptian Revolution, launched on January 25, 2011, …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: PBS Frontline

Baghdad Twist

This documentary features a collection of photographs, …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, Other
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Film Board of Canada

Children of Heaven

The Persian film, Children of Heaven, tells the story o …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Portland State University

Science and Islam-A BBC Documentary

In this BBC documentary, physicist Jim Al-Khalili explo …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: BBC

Rethinking the Region: Political and Social Movements

Political and social movements in the Middle East and N …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Teach-MENA

Lemon Tree

From director Eran Riklis, Lemon Tree is a film about t …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French, Other
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: MPI Home Video

Caramel

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s popular film, Caramel …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Lionsgate

Wadjda

Haifa Al-Mansour’s film, which is the first feature fil …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English, French
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Where Do We Go Now?

Where Do We Go Now is the latest film from Lebanese dir …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Sony Pictures Classics

About Baghdad

This 2003 documentary film from Sinan Antoon looks at l …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Arab Film Distribution

Pop Goes Islam

This documentary is about the rise of 4Shbab, a conserv …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Alegria

Ramadan Primetime

This documentary investigates the phenomenon of televis …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Link TV

Gaza: Tunnels to Nowhere

This documentary explores the underground tunnels conne …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Link TV

Speaking of Baghdad

This video features dramatic readings of Iraqi writers …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Link TV

Live from Bethlehem

This documentary examines the Palestinian Ma’an News Ne …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Link TV

Occupied Minds

This documentary follows the journey of two journalists …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Link TV

The Fables of Bah Ya Bah – Collector’s Set (2 DVDs, With CD-ROM Game)

The Fables of Bah Ya Bah – Collector’s Set features two …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: CD, DVD/Videotape
School Level: Elementary
Institution/Provider: Fine Media Group

The Light in Her Eyes

This site presents the trailer of The Light in Her Eyes …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape, Image/Photo, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: POV

A New Day in Old Sana’a

Directed by Bader Ben Hirsi, A New Day in Old Sana’a is …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Typecast Releasing

Veiled Voices – With Sheikha Stories

Directed by Brigid Maher, Veiled Voices is a 2009 docum …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: DVD/Videotape
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Typecast Releasing

Op-Doc: The Light in Her Eyes

This New York Times Op-Doc from July 2012 provides a 5- …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: New York Times Company

Arab Culture and Civilization: Popular Culture and the Performing Arts

This is a fantastic resource for a broad overview of po …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Audio, Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education

The Trials of Spring Lesson Plan: Women War and Social Change in the Arab Spring

This lesson plan uses the Trials of Spring video series …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Downloadable File
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Peace is Loud

Aflam (YouTube)

Aflam is a YouTube channel featuring hundreds of classi …

Language of Presentation: Arabic
Media Format: Streaming Video
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Aflam

Mohamed Ansary’s Blog

In this blog, you will find a great variety of resource …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: Blogger

Mohamed Ansary’s YouTube Channel

In this page you will find a series of videos dealing w …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Mohamed Ansary

Thorns and Silk Video: Women Who Work in Male-Dominated Fields

This short film highlights several Palestinian women wh …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider:

The Modern Middle East Resource Guide

This resource guide lists useful books, films, and webs …

Language of Presentation: English
Media Format: Webpage
School Level: College/University, Elementary, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: Primary Source

The Trials of Spring

This documentary project traces the stories of nine wom …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University, Middle/High School
Institution/Provider: ZAG Line Pictures, LLC and Independent Television Service (ITVS)

A Call at Night

This is a short Gazan film that examines the societal r …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: Women's Voices Now

BREAKING THE SILENCE: Moroccans Speak out on Sexual Harassment

This is a 30-minute Moroccan-made film on sexual harass …

Language of Presentation: Arabic, English
Media Format: Streaming Video, Webpage
School Level: College/University
Institution/Provider: GlobalGirl Media