Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. New Revised Edition

Combining a detailed history — economic, ideological, and aesthetic — with in-depth analysis, this illustrated study provides extensive coverage of cinema in the Arab world. The book traces the industry's development from colonial times to the present, covering Egyptian, North African, Syrian, Palestinian, Iraqi, and Lebanese cinema. 50 photos.

• Author
• Viola Shafik

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 311

• Publisher
• American University in Cairo Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9789774160653

• Genres
• film, history

• Release date
• 2007