MOVIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

★★★★☆ Release Date: October 31, 2013 Director: Amin Dora  Producers: Gabriel Chamoun Main Cast: Georges Khabbaz, Emmanuel Khairallah, Lara Matar, Camille Salameh Ghadi is a movie following a father desperately trying to get his son to be accepted by their small city in Lebanon, El Mshakkal. When the father, Leba and his wife Lara have their first boy, Ghadi, it was hard for them to come to terms with the fact he was disabled. Before Ghadi, the couple had to able bodied girls, but eventually the family grew to love Ghadi just as much as the girls, and see that having a child isn't a curse, but a blessing if you accept it to be. The city though, is not as accepting as Ghadi's family learned to become. They were very hateful toward both Ghadi and his family and spread false rumors that Ghadi was a curse over the entire city, and banned together to get him taken away from the city for good. To prevent this from happening Leba went through tremendous lengths to conv...

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Release Date: January 19, 2014 Director: Ana Lily Amirpour producers: Ana Lily Amirpour, Sheri  Dave, Sinna Sayyah, Elijah Wood Main Cast: Ana Lily Amipour, Sheila Vand, Arash Morandi, Marshall Manesh A girl walks home Alone at Night is a horror movie shining a light on gender roles in an Iranian city called 'Bad City'. The movie portrays the bad men to be motivated through sex, drugs, and power- particularly over women. In this city there is a girl we are introduced to; this girl rides a skateboard around the city and seems like a normal citizen. But as the movie goes on, we come to find that the girl is actually a vampire and preys on the bad men in the city that take advantage of the women. Things get complicated for the girl when she starts to fall in love with a guy, who is actually a good man, but is hard for her to deal with that, due to all the bad men she's surrounded with in the town.  I went into this movie very excited because I am a huge horror movie ...

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Release Date: 2020 Director: Malik Nejer  Producers: Abdulaziz Almuzaini Main Cast (voice actors): Malik Nejer, Abdulaziz Almuzaini, Ibrahim Alkhairallah, Riyad Al Salhani Masameer is an animated movie that follows the adventure of Saad, Saltouh, Kalb to become super hero's. The movie starts off by introducing us to the characters and their current situation, which unfortunately was being homeless and digging through trash because their previous home was broken down in order to make room for a new public bathroom for the rich neighborhood. As the movie goes on, we are taken to a scene where Saad, Saltouh, and kalb are still going through trash but happen to come across an invitation that will change their life, and the course of the movie. The invitation was for a superhero event for potential new hero's. As you could guess, of course the three of them just had to go. At the event, everyone except Saad,...