Movies: Tamara Saade

Hantirah has her future laid out. Esma dances, in search of freedom. On the eve of Aid, their thwarted love is sung between the streets of Barbès and a queer cabaret, theaters of young people of Arab origin, diverse and modern....

A visit to a cosmetic-surgery clinic and the discovery of a lump in his testicle and an abscess in his mouth confront filmmaker Selim Mourad with transience and decay in this unashamedly navel-gazing film essay. ‘Selim from Beirut’ is the last in a l...

A year after Beirut’s port explosion, Basma and Mariam reunite in their old bedroom. Surrounded by a view of the port’s remains, the two women attempt to resolve their shared trauma and broken relationship....