Abstract:
In a striking passage from his essay ‘Being Arab’, Samir Kassir makes reference to the significance of cinema for a discussion of modernity in the Arab world:
But of all the arts, the cinema best illustrates the Arabs’ embrace of modernity. Once again Egypt was the driving force accounting for three-quarters – maybe more – of Arab film production. Its success, and the demand for its films throughout the Arab world, made it a transnational Arab phenomenon.
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