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Encyclopedia > Cinema of Palestine
Cinema of Palestine
List of Palestinian films
West Asian cinema
Iranian New Wave
Palestinians

Demographics & geography

Definitions · Palestine
People · Diaspora
Territories · Refugee camps
Geography of the Gaza Strip
Geography of the West Bank
Electoral Districts · Governorates ·
Palestinian cities
Arab localities in Israel ·
Arab citizens of Israel·
East Jerusalem · An A-Z list of films produced in Palestine: // Adamah (1947) Al Dhakira al Khasba (1980) Al qods fee yom akhar (2002) Arbaa aghani li Filasteen (2001) Atash (2004) Attente (2005) Avodah (1935) Cantique des pierres, Le (1990) Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) The Color of Olives(2006) Cut... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... Cinema of Armenia was born on April 16, 1923, when the Armenian State Committee on Cinema was established by the government decree. ... The film industry in Azerbaijan dates back to 1898. ... The Cinema of Bahrain is very small, there being only three Bahraini-made films as of 2007, all directed by Bassam Al-Thawadi. ... // List of Cypriot films Michael Cacoyannis Nicolas Economou DerviÅŸ Zaim World cinema Cyprus International Film Festival Culture of Cyprus Culture of Greece List of Greek actors Film Cinema of Greece List of Cypriot films History of Cyprus Peter Polycarpou DerviÅŸ Zaim Michael Cacoyannis Nicolas Economou Categories: | ... The Cinema in Georgia is one of the best known and recognized cinematography of the world. ... The cinema of Iran (or Persian cinema) is a flourishing film industry with a long history. ... Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi belong to the so called New wave of Persian cinema Iranian New Wave refers to a new movement in Persian cinema. ... The current war in Iraq has been the influence of many films being produced. ... Israel has had a notable cinema industry for some time. ... Films produced in Jordan: Categories: | ... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... The Cinema of Lebanon has been in existence since 1930. ... Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab Cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European / Arab funding and subject to Israeli restrictions due to the current situation in the Palestinian territories. ... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... An A-Z list of films produced in Syria. ... The first film showing in Turkey was held in the Yildiz Palace, Istanbul in 1896. ... The Cinema of the United Arab Emirates is very small. ... West Asian cinema refers collectively to the film output and film industries of the West Asia. ... The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Palestine. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 786 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 781 pixel, file size: 159 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ramallah, Jerusalem Sanjac (district), Damascus region, Ottoman Empire. ... The term Palestine and the related term Palestinian have several overlapping (and occasionally contradictory) definitions. ... A 2003 satellite image of the region. ... Palestinian diaspora (Arabic: , al-shatat) is a term used to describe Palestinians living outside of historic Palestine - an area today known as Israel and the Palestinian territories or the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. ... This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ... List of Palestinian refugee camps with current population and year they were established: Gaza, 8 camps, 478,854 refugees 1948, Beach camp (Shati), 76,109 1949, Bureij, 30,059 1948, Deir el-Balah, 20,188 1948, Jabalia (Jabalyia, Abalyia), 103,646 1949, Khan Yunis, 60,662 1949, Maghazi, 22,536... The 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are divided into 16 districts (Aqdya, singular - qadaa). ... Map showing governorates and areas of formal Palestinian control (green) After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas and 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. ... The list of Arab localities in Israel includes all mostly Arab populated towns in the State of Israel. ... East Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem which was held by Jordan from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967. ...

Politics

Hamas · PLO · PNC · PLC · PFLP
PNA · PNA political parties
Palestinian flag
Politics of Palestine Ḥamas (; acronym: , or Ḥarakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement) is a democratically-elected Palestinian Sunni Islamist[1] militant organization and political party which currently holds a majority of seats in the legislative council of the Palestinian Authority. ... PLO redirects here. ... The Palestinian National Council (PNC) is the parliament in exile of the Palestinian people. ... The Palestinian Legislative Council, (sometimes referred to to as the Palestinan Parliament) the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 88 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... “Palestinian government” redirects here. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Proportions 1:2 The Palestinian flag has been in use by Palestinians to represent their national aspirations since the middle of the 20th century. ...

Religion & religious sites

Christianity · Islam
History of the Levant
Houses of worship:
Church of the Nativity · Church of the Holy Sepulchre
· Church of the Annunciation · Rachel's Tomb
Al-Aqsa Mosque · Dome of the Rock · Mosque of Omar
Cave of the Patriarchs The Palestinian Christians are Palestinians who follow Christianity. ... View of The Church of the Nativity from Manger Square The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. ... This article is about the church building in Jerusalem. ... This article refers to the basilica in Nazareth. ... Rachels Tomb is a holy site of high significance to Judaism and is located in Northern Judea (Southern West Bank) just outside of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo at the northern entrance to Bethlehem along what was once the Biblical Bethlehem-Ephrath road. ... For other uses, see Al-aqsa (disambiguation). ... The Dome of the Rock in the center of the Temple Mount The Dome of the Rock, (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit. ... The Enclosure of the Cave of the Patriarchs The Cave of the Patriarchs is a religious compound located in the ancient city of Hebron (which lies in the southwest part of the West Bank, in the heart of ancient Judea), and is generally considered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, to...

Culture

Art · Costume & embroidery
Cinema · Cuisine · Dance · Pottery
Handicrafts · Language · Literature
Music
Palestinian flag Palestinian culture is most closely related to the cultures of the nearby Levantine countries such as Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan and of the Arab World. ... Palestinian art is a term used to refer to paintings, posters, installation art and other visual media produced by Palestinian artists. ... Palestinian Costumes Foreign travelers to Palestine often commented on the rich variety of costumes among the Palestinian people, especially among the village women. ... Image File history File links Symbol_support_vote. ... Palestinian cuisine or foods from or commonly eaten in the Palestinian territories and the Arab population of Israel. ... Image File history File links Symbol_support_vote. ... Dabke (Arabic: ; also transliterated as debke, dabka, and dabkeh) is the traditional folk dance of the Levant, going back generations, and is also the national dance of Lebanon, Jordon, Syria and Palestine, its found also in Iraq and northern Saudi Arabia but with a different name (Chobi). ... Palestinian pottery refers to pottery produced in Palestine throughout the ages, and pottery produced by modern-day Palestinians. ... Palestinian literature refers to the Arabic language novels, short stories and poems produced by Palestinians. ... Palestinian music ;Arabic,موسيقى فلسطينية is one of many regional sub-genres of Arabic music. ...

Notable Palestinians

Hany Abu-Assad
· Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
Yasser Arafat · Ahmed Yassin
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi · Ismail Hanieh
Mohammad Bakri · Rim Banna
Tawfiq Canaan · Mahmoud Darwish
Emile Habibi · Nathalie Handal
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini
Faisal Husseini
Abd al-Qader al-Husseini
Ghassan Kanafani · Ghada Karmi
Leila Khaled · Rashid Khalidi
Walid Khalidi · Samih al-Qasim
Edward Said · Khalil al-Sakakini
Elia Suleiman · Khalil al-Wazir
Ahmed Yassin · May Ziade
The following is a list of prominent Palestinians. ... Hany Abu-Assad (b. ... Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (February 15, 1929 — May 23, 2001) was a Palestinian (later American) academic, characterised by Edward Said as Palestines foremost academic and intellectual[1] and by Rashid Khalidi as one of the first Arab-American scholars to have a really serious effect on the way the Middle... Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ... Image File history File links Cscr-featured. ... Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (1936 - 2004 (about 68 years old)) (Arabic: ) was the co-founder (with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi) and the spiritual leader of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization of Hamas,[1] originally calling it the Palestinian Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mohammed Bakri (also spelled Muhammad Bakri) is an Israeli Arab actor, film producer and film director. ... Rim Banna born in Nazareth, she is a Palestinian singer, composer and arranger, well-known for her modern interpretations of traditional folk songs. ... Tawfiq Canaan (b. ... Image File history File links Symbol_support_vote. ... Mahmoud Darwish Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: ; born 1941 in Al-Birwah, British Mandate of Palestine) is a contemporary Palestinian poet and writer of prose. ... Emile Habibi (August, 1921 - May 3, 1996) was a Palestinian-Israeli writer and politician. ... Nathalie Handal (born July 29, 1969) is a Palestinian poet, writer and playwright and a literary researcher. ... Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. ... Faisal Husseini Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (Arabic: فيصل عبدالقادر الحسيني) (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the Palestinian people. ... Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (alternatively spelt Abd al Qadir al Husseini) (1907-1948) was a Palestinian nationalist and fighter who in late 1933 founded the secret military group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle, (Munazzamat al-Jihad al-Muqaddas),[1] [2] which he... Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani (غسان كنفاني, born April 9, 1936 in Acre, Palestine - died July 8, 1972 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Palestinian writer and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... —Ghada Karmi (1939- ) (Arabic: ‎) is a Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic. ... Leila Khaled in the 1970s Leila Khaled (Arabic: ; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. ... Rashid Khalidi (born 1950 , an American historian of the Middle East, is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbias School of International and Public Affairs. ... Walid Khalidi (1925- ) is a Palestinian historian who had written extensively on the Palestinian exodus and the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Edward Wadie Saïd, Arabic: , , (1 November 1935 – 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and Palestinian activist. ... Khalil Sakakini Khalil al-Sakakini (خليل السكاكيني) (January 23, 1878 - August 13, 1953) was a distinguished Palestinian Jerusalemite educator, scholar, and poet. ... Elia Suleiman (born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. ... Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir (Arabic: ‎), also known by his kunya Abu Jihad (Arabic: أبو جهاد — father of the struggle) (October 10, 1935–April 16, 1988), was a Palestinian military leader and founder of the secular political party Fatah. ... Image File history File links Symbol_support_vote. ... Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (1936 - 2004 (about 68 years old)) (Arabic: ) was the co-founder (with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi) and the spiritual leader of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization of Hamas,[1] originally calling it the Palestinian Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. ... May Ziade (1886 - 1941) was born in Palestine (of the Ottoman Empire) in 1886. ...

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Palestinian cinema is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole, many Palestinian movies are made with European and Israeli funding and support.[1] Palestinian movies are not exclusively produced in Arabic and some are made in English, French and Hebrew.[2] The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Arab cinema referes to the cinema of the Arab world where Arabic language is used in theatre and films. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...


It is believed that there have been over 800 films produced about Palestinians, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and other related topics.[3] Israel, with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between the State of Israel and Arab Palestinians. ...

Contents

Notable Directors

Hany Abu-Assad (b. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Mohammad Bakri (Arabic: , Hebrew: ; also spelled Mohammed or Muhammad) is an Israeli Arab actor, film producer and film director. ... Jamal Dajani is an award winning producer and the Director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Dajani completed his early studies at Collège des Frères, and attended Columbia University in New York City where he received a B.A. degree in Political... Tarek Alarian (Arabic: طارق العريان) (born September 12, 1963) is an Egyptian film director. ... Mai Masri is a U.S.-educated Palestinian filmmaker who has directed eight films. ... Izidore Musallam is a director and most recently produced the Sci Fi Pictures original film: Savage Planet. ... Rosalind Nashashibi (born 1973) is a British artist. ... Leila Sansour is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Open Bethlehem, a non-governmental foundation established to promote and protect the life and heritage of the city of Bethlehem. ... Elia Suleiman (born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. ...

Notable Films

An A-Z list of films produced in Palestine: // Adamah (1947) Al Dhakira al Khasba (1980) Al qods fee yom akhar (2002) Arbaa aghani li Filasteen (2001) Atash (2004) Attente (2005) Avodah (1935) Cantique des pierres, Le (1990) Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) The Color of Olives(2006) Cut... Paradise Now (Arabic: ) is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. ... The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Divine Intervention DVD cover Divine Intervention (Arabic: yadun ilahi يد إلهي) is a 2002 film by the Israeli Palestinian director Elie Suleiman, which may be described as a surreal black comedy. ... Chronicle of a Disappearance is a 1996 film by Israeli Arab film director and actor Elia Suleiman, his first feature film. ... The Venice Film Festival ( ) is the oldest film festival in the world. ... Arnas Children is a film about a childrens theatre group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories. ...

Notable Film Festivals

Arabic رام الله Founded in 16th century Government City (from 1995) Governorate Ramallah & Al-Bireh Population 23,347 (2006) Jurisdiction 16,344 dunams (16. ...

References

  1. ^ 'We have no film industry because we have no country' April 12, 2006, The Guardian
  2. ^ Palestine Film Foundation
  3. ^ Palestinian Revolution Cinema Comes to NYC, by Emily Jacir 16 February 2007, The Electronic Intifada

For other uses, see Guardian. ...

Further reading

For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Hamid Dabashi (Persian: ) is an Iranian-American historian, cultural and literary critic who has made important contributions to the study of Iran, World cinema and Shia Islam from a postcolonial perspective. ... Al-Ahram, founded in 1875, is the oldest daily newspaper in the Arab world. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

  • Review of a film that explores the story of the lost archives of the PLO film unit
  • History and Trends in Palestinian Filmmaking

Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized...

Litterature

  • Dabashi, Hamid, and Said, Edward (preface) (2006): Dreams Of A Nation: On Palestinian Cinema, Verso Books, London, United Kingdom, ISBN 1844670880
  • Gertz, Nurith; Khleifi, George (2008): Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory, Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253220076


 
 

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