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The Cave
(غار)
The patriarchy has no place in a war.
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- Syria, Denmark, Germany • 2019
- Director Feras Fayyad
- Cast Amani Ballour, Salim Namour
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, National Geographic
What Comes Around
(Al gami'ya)
It takes a village.
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- Lebanon, Egypt, Greece • 2018
- Director Reem Saleh
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Ambulance/Gaza
A raw, first-person account of the last war in Gaza in the summer of 2014 from the eyes of a first responder.
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- Palestine, Norway • 2017
- Director Mohamed Jabaly
- Cast Mohamed Jabaly, Abo Marzouq Khader Al-Helo, Abd-Razaq Al-Helo, Abo Nedal Ramadan Harazeen, Rami Aklouk
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The White Helmets
To save a life is to save all of humanity.
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- United Kingdom • 2016
- Director Orlando von Einsiedel
- Cast Khalid Farah, Mohammed Farah, Abu Omar, Raed Saleh
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Speed Sisters
They're bold. They're fearless. And they're tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
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- Palestine, Qatar, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Amber Fares
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Fidaï
Does it bother you to have killed another man in the name of freedom?
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- Algeria, Germany, France • 2014
- Director Damien Ounouri
- Cast Mohamed El Hadi Benadouda
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cairo Drive
On the streets of Egypt, the only rule is that there are no rules.
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- Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Sherief Elkatsha
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Scheherazade's Diary
(يوميّات شهرزاد)
Through an unprecedented 10-month theater initiative, female inmates at a Lebanese prison share their personal stories.
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- Lebanon • 2013
- Director Zeina Daccache
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Apple TV
The Square
During the Egyptian Revolution, young activists armed with determination, humor, and social media savvy fight for their country’s future.
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- United Kingdom, Egypt, United States • 2013
- Director Jehane Noujaim
- Cast Khalid Abdalla, Dina Abdullah, Dina Amer, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan
- Genre Documentary, Drama, History
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Recycle
(Ea'adat khalk)
Desperate acts can emerge from the most ordinary of circumstances.
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- Netherlands, Jordan • 2008
- Director Mahmoud al Massad
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine
(القاهرة منورة بأهلها)
A portrait of both Egypt's most famous city and its most famous filmmaker.
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- Egypt • 1991
- Director Youssef Chahine
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel