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Islamic Tradition in the Movies

By moviejourneys On November 28, 2014 · Add Comment · In Middle East, The Realm of Islam
Understanding the deep divisions between Eastern and Western cultures since the breakup of the Western Roman Empire, it is still remarkable how little is known to Hollywood audiences of the story of Islam. It may be true that many people are not familiar with the sequence of stories in the Old Testament, but the movies [...]
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Lawrence of Arabia, Others

By moviejourneys On November 28, 2014 · Add Comment · In Middle East, The Realm of Islam
This is not a movie about Islam, but it is very much about the long struggle of Muslim Arabs to oppose the claims of Western colonial powers on their ancestral lands. The deep appeal in the character of T.E. Lawrence is in his two-sided nature. He is a fully educated British military man on the [...]
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1001 Nights at the Movies: Arab Folklore

By moviejourneys On November 28, 2014 · Add Comment · In Middle East, The Realm of Islam
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights is a compendium of folktales assembled over the centuries before and after the life of Mohammed (c. 570 – 632 CE). They are primarily associated, however, with the reign of Caliph Haroun al-Rashid (786 – 809 CE) and the time of the Islamic Golden Age, which ended [...]
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