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Other movies taking place in the Middle East

posted 14 years ago by Taxxorrak
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Hello, everyone!

I chose to post this in the "Osama"-board because I thought it was such a sad, strong movie. I've been trying to learn arabic and I've gotten interested in arabic culture. I loved the scenery of this movie; just about everything about it was great. I tried finding other movies taking place in the Middle East; and the ones I found was (some are american horror movies, but the fact that they take place in the Middle East is basically why I enjoy them):

The Objective
Red Sands
Taste of Cherry

I know there are more, I tried finding some through IMDB but didn't have much luck.

What are your favourite movies taking place in the Middle East?

[–] Unwanted_Birdtamer 14 years ago

Leila (1996)
Two Women (1999)
Lemon Tree
The Circle (2000)
Offside
Baran
Captain Abu Raed
Nightingale's Prayer (also called The Curlew's Cry)
Paradise Now

The Classics board periodically has a poll on best movies from a specific country or region. They recently did Israel/Palestine (although the end results aren't up yet), the nominated films are here: http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000010/nest/167089908. Other Middle Eastern countries have been done in the past, but unfortunately long enough ago that the results would have dropped off the board. It's also possible to search IMDb for films by country, and it will bring up the top rated films first, which gives a good starting point for exploring films: http://akas.imdb.com/country/.

Come, we must press against the tide of naughtiness. Mind your step.

[–] Raven_Maven 14 years ago

The Stoning
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Kandahar
The Kingdom

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[–] Swezy-For-Easy 13 years ago

Mmmmmmmmm, and who said Afghanistan in middle east ?

who said there is any Arabic word in this movie ?

^~^

[–] bdwgml 13 years ago

1. Afghanistan is in Asia

2. They speak a dialect of Persian, not Arabic, which puts them in a class above Arabs.

[–] Swezy-For-Easy 13 years ago

Afghanistan is in Asia, OKAY ? where is the new information ? XD

Hmmmmmmmm, who speaks Persian or dialect of Persian will be in a class above Arabs ?

hahahahaha

You still idiot,ignorant, and stupid as I knew you XD

[–] danegem 13 years ago

Also check out:

The band's visit: an egyptian millitary band head over to Israel.

West Beirut: Life of a young adult during the Lebanese Civil War.

[–] ray-117 13 years ago

Not without my daughter

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[–] afsana_bahar 9 years ago

Afghanistan isn't in the Middle East. It's more so in Central Asia. Also, Afghans are NOT Arab, nor do we speak Arabic. The language in this film is called Dari, which is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan (the other language being Pashto).

[–] sonofbeach-sheet 9 years ago

It's funny that with Afghanistan's location, the Pashtuns and Tajiks have much more in common with the Middle Eastern people in appearance and customs than their Indian and Mongol neighbors.

[–] afsana_bahar 9 years ago

Not really. It has more in common with other Central Asian countries like Tajikistan for instance. Of course, there's a big Persian/Iranian influence on the culture, and the predominant religion is Islam, but other than that I don't think Afghanistan has more in common with the Middle East than with its Central Asian neighbors. Afghanistan has in some ways been influenced by the Indian subcontinent as well, and has shared a lot of history with it.

[–] sonofbeach-sheet 9 years ago

I haven't been to Tajikistan, but Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Those countries are like a 1 hour flight from Bagram, but a totally different world and not dust all over the place! Ever seen Bishkek or Almaty?

And Tajikistan. It's Afghanistan with literacy and without war.

[–] afsana_bahar 9 years ago

I haven't, but I know there's a Kyrgyz population in Afghanistan (in the Wakhan Corridor). There's also a notable population of Turkmen and Uzbek people in Afghanistan as well. Kazakhstan, on the other hand, I will concede has very little in common with Afghanistan.

You're right about Tajikistan. My family members who still live in Afghanistan have visited Tajikistan a couple of times, and they said it's very much similar to home (without war though of course).