DEFIANCE IS PRESENT
Özge Calafato looks at some of the most compelling recent documentary works from the Arab World.
Lebanon
SHEFFIElD Doc/FEST 2011: A good and faithful Muslim
Making and exhibiting independent documentary in the Arab world is a challenge in several distinct ways. Pamela Cohn writes about two outstanding films from the Sheffield festival. Are they calling for a more humanist, modern approach to being a faithful Muslim?