Ten Arab Filmmakers

<p><i>Ten Arab Filmmakers</i> provides an up-to-date overview of the best of Arab cinema offering studies of leading directors and in-depth analyses of their most important films. The filmmakers profiled here represent principal national cinemas of the Arab world--Algeria Egypt Lebanon Morocco Palestine and Syria. Although they have produced many of the region's most-renowned films and gained recognition at major international festivals with few exceptions these filmmakers have received little critical attention. All ten share a concern with giving image and voice to people struggling against authoritarian regimes patriarchal traditions or religious fundamentalism--theirs is a <i>cinéma engagé</i>.<br /><br />The featured directors are Daoud Abd El-Sayed Merzak Allouache Nabil Ayouch Youssef Chahine Mohamed Chouikh Michel Khleifi Nabil Maleh Yousry Nasrallah Jocelyne Saab and Elia Suleiman.</p>