In the state of Khuzestan, in southwest Iran, Iraqi bombs pitilessly descend during the Iran-Iraq War. After seeing his mother burn to death, ten-year-old Bashu hides in the back of a transport truck and escapes northward, ending up in Gilan near the Caspian Sea. This is a foreign land to Bashu, who speaks Arabic, while […]
Daily Archives: September 9, 2010
Drawing upon various metaphors for the divided existence that Arab women are forced into because of Arab culture’s insistence that women deny their sexuality, Tunisian writer-director Raja Amari’s charming, interesting Red Satin follows Lilia (Israeli Palestinian Hiyam Abbas, rock-solid) on her odyssey of integration and self-discovery. Since becoming a widow, housewife Lilia has focused on […]
Dennis Grunes 