In the streets of New York, a young woman is relentlessly, stubbornly and desperately looking for a sofa. This is a funny story with some touching moments about holding on and letting go.

1996 film by Rashid Masharawi

Desperate for companionship, a lonely, young Palestinian-American man agrees to marry an Israeli woman in need of a Green Card, forcing them to re-examine their respective cultural and familial traditions.

Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a vengeful spirit named Kandisha.

It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid landscape littered with mines and decapitated dreams, the journey transforms into the women's quest for their own independence.

2022 French television miniseries

Nadia is a 45 year old female professor at the University of Tunis. She is married and has a daughter of 18, Sarra. For some time, Nadia has problems in her marriage also symptoms of menopause are inseparable. The physical and psychological state deteriorates inexorably Nadia.

A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce.

Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her Sudanese village in the Nubar Mountains by pro-government Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum, who beats her for touching her daughter. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with Bah ,back in Sudan. For all the film's optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 'slave' workers currently in Britain.

Suzanne and Osmane meet in crisis-ridden Beirut. Osmane is a young Sudanese man without papers, searching for a better future; Suzanne is a widow with Palestinian roots more than twice his age. Against all odds, they fall in love.

Haroun is an old bachelor who has lived in Oran for several years. A retired civil servant, he leads a reclusive life until the day he meets Kamel in a bar—a journalist to whom he tells an incredible story dating back to 1942. He claims to be the brother of ‘the Arab’ killed in a story told in one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus. An Arab with an erased name: Moussa. Through anger, assertions, details, and confidences, Haroun finally convinces the journalist to listen to his story. His confession is a cry of freedom and distress—but above all, a cry of revolt: against an abusive mother, against a country that failed to achieve true independence, against a book, and against a famous French writer.

Based on Dexter Filkins’ resonant New Yorker article of the same name, about Marine Lu Lobello, haunted by memories of a deadly incident in Baghdad, whose journey of guilt and remorse leads him to reach out to Nora, the sole surviving member of the family he believes he may have harmed.

Seeking refuge from her Islamist radical brother whom she informed on, a young woman arrives in France illegally following Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and discovers a new world of both hope and danger, in the third feature from writer-director Raja Amari (Satin Rouge, Buried Secrets).

An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings," featuring interviews with the cast and crew. Featured in the Deluxe Edition Blu-ray set.

Back in Tunisia for her uncle's funeral, Lilia reunites with a family that knows nothing about her life in Paris, particularly her romantic life. Determined to uncover the mystery behind her uncle's sudden death, Lilia finds herself confronted with family secrets.

The story revolves around Mehdi who’s struggling to play the part of the perfect Algerian son in front of his mother Fatima whilst also throwing himself into his passion for French cuisine and wine in a bistro. And that’s without mentioning his sisters’ various problems and his nephew’s thwarted circumcision. So when his partner of two years Léa, who’s sick and tired of his family shenanigans, takes things up a notch, Mehdi implodes. She wants to meet his mother. Right now! Mehdi has his back to the wall, and he stumbles across the worst possible solution…

1936. As villages across Mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.

在一场血腥的帮派战争之后，约克家族最小的女儿拉希达（Rashida）崛起，成为柏林地下世界的领导者。莎士比亚的《理查三世》被重新讲述为一个现代故事，描绘了一位阿拉伯女黑帮首领的崛起。

C’est l’été à Tanger. Une famille se réunit sur 3 jours dans la maison familiale suite au décès du père, pour se remémorer les souvenirs et partager sa perte, comme le veut la tradition musulmane. Il faut quitter les plages, les maillots de bain pour se vêtir de djellabas, réunir tout le monde et donner à la maison des allures d’enterrement. L’agitation est à son comble d’autant plus que cet homme n’a laissé derrière lui que des femmes. Tout va basculer avec l’arrivée de Sofia, la dernière des filles, celle qui a fait sa vie ailleurs. Actrice n’interprétant que des rôles de terroristes dans des séries américaines, elle arrive de New York après plusieurs années d’absence. Son retour va être le moyen de régler ses comptes avec ses sœurs et bouleverser l’ordre établi depuis toujours par ce patriarche. Entre rire et larmes, une hystérie collective va mener chacune de ces femmes à se révéler à elle-même...

30 years ago, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass left her native village Deir Hanna in Galilee to follow her acting dream in France. Camera in hand, her daughter Lina questions her mother’s bold choices and the way the women in her family – who she has left behind – have influenced her life. How do those who live on the screen of our memories define who we are today ?