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The film follows the personal story of Alshaibi's life in post-9/11 United States and concentrates on sensitive issues pertaining to race and identity. The perceptions and misconceptions of the Arab American community are closely analyzed and deconstructed over the course of the film to reveal a more complex culture of individuals rather than a ...
AmericanEast is a 2008 American drama film about Arab-Americans living in Los Angeles after the September 11 attacks. The story examines long-held misunderstandings about Arabic and Islamic culture by focusing on the points-of-view of three main characters.
Carmine brings the sheikh to a casino party, explaining that mobsters are there and that it is a necessary part of doing business. Irving is surprised to hear that Mafia boss Victor Tellegio, right-hand man to Meyer Lansky, is present and wants to meet the sheikh. Tellegio explains that the sheikh needs to become an American citizen, and that ...
Albaba’s Full Disclosure Films debuted the documentary last year at the DOC NYC film festival in New York, where it got a $20,000 grant from the nonprofit group Subject Matter.
A partial rundown of his current workload includes co-creating, executive producing, writing, often-directing and starring in Hulu’s “Ramy,” based loosely on his own background as the son of ...
The Next Man (also known as The Arab Conspiracy and Double Hit) is a 1976 American political action thriller film starring Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe [de; it], Albert Paulsen, and Charles Cioffi. Music for the film features New York City guitarist Frederic Hand. It was the film score debut for composer Michael Kamen.
A man from the same small town we lived in approached us and starting yelling at us. ‘You worship a false god! You were responsible for September 11th! You’re going to hell!’ My troop co-leader rushed to get the girls inside to safety while I stayed outside and kept the man distracted from the girls.
Our names and nationalities, faces and faith brand us with the stain of collective guilt for crimes that we did not commit, writes Khaled A. Beydoun on the Arab and Muslim communities in the US.