Many global film industries fail in expanding the role of Muslims on screen. Too often they produce a dichotomy between "good" and "bad" Muslims, limiting the n

Building on a growing body of literature, this Handbook provides an up-to-date and authoritative survey of Arab cinema. The collection includes contributions fr

This book explores the representation of the idea or theme of redemption in contemporary, popular film. The discussion focuses primarily on the work of three di

Cinema and Secularism is the first collection to make the relationship between cinema and secularism thematic, utilizing a number of different methodological ap

Cinema in the Arab world has been the subject of varied and rigorous studies, but most have focused on films as text, providing in-depth analyses of plot, style