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What is The Arab Film Club?

The Arab Film Club is a community - led platform curated by Sarah Agha to showcase exceptional cinema from the Arab world.

It was founded during lockdown and has grown from lively online discussion groups to packed in-person screenings and industry Q&As. We have hosted sold out events at the Southbank Centre, Glasgow Film Theatre, The Garden Cinema and the Prince Charles in Leicester Square and more. Selected films included features and shorts from Algeria, Egypt, the Golan Heights, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia.

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The Podcast...

The first series of the Arab Film Club Podcast is dedicated to Palestinian cinema - 5 interviews with 5 pioneering Palestinian directors. The series launches Wednesday 1st May at 6pm. The rest of episodes will continue to drop every second Wednesday at the same time.

1st May - Darin J. Sallam on her film 'Farha'

15th May - Lina Soualem on her film 'Bye Bye Tiberias'

29th May - Ameen Nayfeh on his film '200 Metres'

12th June - Annemarie Jacir on her film 'Wajib'

26th June - Farah Nabulsi on her film 'The Teacher'

Music composed by Mina Samy
Posters and logos designed by Romin Miremadi
Series presented and produced by Sarah Agha

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Why Now?

With the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it has never felt more urgent to tell Palestinian stories and elevate Palestinian voices, from Gaza to the West Bank to Jerusalem to the '48 Palestinians and the diaspora. Palestinians are often dehumanised and demonised in the Western media or reduced to statistics in death tolls. Palestinian cinema plays an important role in what is known as ‘cultural resistance’. Despite a brutal military occupation and ongoing forced displacement, Palestinians consistently find creative ways to humanise their struggle through art and reclaim their heritage and history. We have also timed the podcast release for May to remember and raise awareness about the 1948 Nakba which is commemorated on 15th May by Palestinians around the world.

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Who is The Host?

Sarah Agha is an actress, writer, presenter and film curator of Palestinian and Irish heritage. Last year she co-presented the critically acclaimed BBC documentary ‘The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories’ about the Nakba and how 700,000 Palestinians were evicted from their homeland to establish the state of Israel. As a writer, she has written articles and interviews for The New Arab, Middle East Eye, Backstage Magazine and GQ ME. Before working in film and TV, Sarah read Theology and Middle Eastern Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She records regularly as a voiceover artist (The Guardian, Audible, BBC Radio 3 and 4) and has been awarded a BAFTA Connect membership for her contribution in the industry.

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instagram.com/sarahaghaonline

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Press

Articles below. Click the link to read....

Financial Times Feature by Dalia Dawood

Arab News Interview by Hams Saleh

GQ Middle East Feature by Meeran Mekkaoui

Deadline Magazine Feature by Zac Ntim

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Music by Mina Samy.

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Music by Mina Samy.