Can Cinema’s Soft Power Change Antigay Culture in Arab Countries?
Perfect Strangers, Netflix’s first Arab production, caused controversy because of a gay character, but ranked the movie among the topmost seen in Egypt and the Middle East.
Perfect Strangers, Netflix’s first Arab production, caused controversy because of a gay character, but ranked the movie among the topmost seen in Egypt and the Middle East.
The revocation of Egypt’s state of emergency was deemed a sign that human rights abuses were easing when, in fact, the exact opposite is occurring.
In this episode of the “Arab Digest Podcast,” Ali Bakir looks at the relationship between Turkey and Egypt.