Intensive Arabic Semester

The following movies/films/documentaries are suggestions from former Intensive Arabic Semester students and from the teachers. These movies cover topics like Israeli History, Jewish History, Zionism, Islam, Arab culture, conflict resolution, human rights, and much more. They are meant to represent a variety of opinions and perspectives and no one point of view is endorsed by the program. You should decide for yourself which ones you would like to see. Please note that some are harder to get a hold of than others. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

• Abu Raed
• Ajami
• Amreeka
• Arab Work (Television Show)
• Arna’s Children
• Avanti Popolo
• Bab 'Aziz-The Prince Who Contemplated his Soul
• Babel
• Baran
• Battle for Algiers
• Beaufort
• Beyond the Walls
• Budrus
• Casablanca
• Control Room
• David and Fatima
• East is East
• Encounter Point
  
• Exodus
  
• Goal Dreams
  
• Guz Sancisi (Pains of Autumn)
  
• Habibti
  
• Heaven Now
  
• In Fair Palestine: A Story of Romeo and Juliet
  
• Jaffa
  
• Jenin, Jenin
  
• Kadosh
  
• Kippur
  
• Lawrence of Arabia
  
• Lebanon
  
• Lemon Tree
  
• Les Indigenes
  
• Mivtza Savta (Essential comedy for anyone who understands Kibbutz Life)
  
• Munich
  
• Nefes (the Breath)
• No One Knows About Persian Cats
  
• Obsession
  
• Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majority
  
• On the Roads
• Or
  
• Osama
  
• Paradise Now
  
• Persepolis
  
• Precious Life
  
• Relentless
  
• Sallah Shabati
  
• Shalom Abu Bassem
  
• Syriana
  
• The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
• The Band’s Visit
  
• The Borders (Syrian Film)
  
• The Bride of the Forest
  
• The Case for Israel:  Democracy's Outpost
  
• The Desert Flower
  
• The Free Zone
  
• The President (Al Rais)
  
• The Stoning of Soraya M.
  
• The Syrian Bride
  
• The Ushpizin
  
• Time of Favor
  
• To Take a Wife
  
• Trumpet of the Wadi
  
• Turn Left at the End of the World
  
• Turtles Can Fly
  
• Walk on Water
• Waltz With Bashir
  
• Watani Watani
• Wedding in the Galilee
• Welled Voices
• Yasamin Kiyisinda (The Edge of Heaven)
• You Don’t Mess With the Zohan