January 22, 2026
Chahine’s Cinema of Obsession
I posted an excerpt of Enayat on my story, and one of my old college classmates messaged me, “Did you know my mom wrote this book?” I didn’t. I told him to tell her I was a fan of the book. I sat for a while and wondered about obsession.
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April 26, 2021
Al Asleyeen
by Hazem Fahmy
Hazem Fahmy This text is presented as part of the Mizna Film Series, a monthly selection which expands our regular film programming to include screenings, critical essays, filmmaker interviews, and discussions exploring revolutionary forms of cinema from the SWANA region and beyond. Any discussion of Marwan Hamed and Ahmed Mourad’s 2017 film must begin with language. How do you translate الأصليين?—the possibilities speak to the layered meanings the word holds....
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