The Syrian Bride = Ha-Kala Ha-Surit

cover image Barcode: 58952585 Call Number: V-ARA 120 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 97 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 Language: Arabic AND Hebrew AND English Creator: Directed by Eran Riklis Description: A Druze woman from Golan Heights, Israel is engaged to marry a Syrian television star whom she has never met. If she moves to Syria, however, she will never be able to return to her home. Collection: Language Resource Center

The Terrorist = Irhabi

cover image Volume Number: disc 1-3 (full) Barcode: 58952004 Call Number: V-ARA 128 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 130 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Nader Galal Description: Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Isalmic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan,the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about ... Collection: Language Resource Center

The Wedding Night = Lailat el dokhla

cover image Barcode: 58953537 Call Number: V-ARA 171 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 100 min Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Hasan Mustafa Description: This popular hilarious comedy is about he two barbers who want to marry two sisters but their matchmaker unites them with two other girls. One of the funniest films by the famous comedian Ismail Yassin. Collection: Language Resource Center

The White Rose

cover image Barcode: 58953584 Call Number: V-ARA 173 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 110 min Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Mohammed Karim Description: Mohamed Abdel Wahab’s debut film, “Al-Warda al-Beida” (“The White Rose,” 1933), is a typical love story — boy meets girl, they fall in love, society places impenetrable wall between them, boy pursues life of musical stardom to win girl back. Collection: Language Resource Center

The Yacoubian Building

cover image Barcode: 58958695 Material Type: Video -Digital Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Marwan Hamed Description: Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo. Collection: Askwith Media Library

There is a Man in Our House

cover image Barcode: 58953557 Call Number: V-ARA 157 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 159 min Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Henry Barakat Description: Starring Omar Sharif in one of his best roles, this film is based on literary classic by the famous Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Qoddous. It portrays the Egyptian resistance to the British occupation before the 1952 revolution. Collection: Language Resource Center

Uae University Graduation Ceremony

cover image Barcode: 58963598 Call Number: DL-NA19 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 25 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Raji Rammuny Description: Video of a graduation ceremony at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Brought to LRC by Raji Rammuny, former professor of Middle East studies. Collection: Language Resource Center

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

cover image Barcode: 58954698 Call Number: V-ARA 076 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 68 min. System Requirements: Region 0 DVD Region: Language: Arabic, English Creator: Directed by Michal Goldman Description: Narrated by Omar Sharif, Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt is the first documentary to bring Umm Kulthum to an American audience. The film puts her life in the context of the epic story of 20th century Egypt as it shook off colonialism and confronted modernity. The camera explores her astonishing connection with her audience, taking us into her village in the Nile Delta, and into the cafes, markets, and streets of Cairo where she lived and worked. From the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz to a ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

cover image Barcode: 58956561 Call Number: DV-ARA 076 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 68 min. Language: Arabic AND English Creator: Directed by Michal Goldman Description: Narrated by Omar Sharif, Umm Kulthum, A Voice Like Egypt is the first documentary to bring Umm Kulthum to an American audience. The film puts her life in the context of the epic story of 20th century Egypt as it shook off colonialism and confronted modernity. The camera explores her astonishing connection with her audience, taking us into her village in the Nile Delta, and into the cafes, markets, and streets of Cairo where she lived and worked. From the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz to a ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Umm Salem

Barcode: 44100039 Call Number: L-NA28 Material Type: Video -VHS Time: 29 min. Language: Arabic Description: Short Story From Kuwaiti Television. Part Of The Materials Collected By Raji Rammuny. Collection: Language Resource Center

Veils uncovered

Barcode: 58925455 Call Number: L-NA079 Material Type: Video -VHS Time: 25 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Nora Kevorkian Description: "Documents the reality of sexual competition among women in Damascus as they vie for number one position, exclusivity with their husbands. Filmed in the marketplace of Souk Al-Hamidivyah, this is a moving personal account of the unexplored sexual world of women who live behind the veil. Islamic religious rules and their application in marriage are explained, the wide ranging social dynamics are explored in marketplace and in the lives of the women of Damascus"--Container. Collection: Language Resource Center

We Are Not Princesses

Barcode: 58994708 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 74 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Bridgette Auger; Itab Azzam Description: Feminine wisdom, passed through the ages, connects a group of Syrian women with the ancient Greek heroine, Antigone, giving them a sense of strength and belonging. Through animation and intimate vérité footage, this documentary illustrates the thoughts, memories and dreams of these mothers, sisters and wives as they grapple with past traumas and express themselves openly for the first time. - IMDb

We Loved Each Other So Much

cover image Barcode: 58962770 Call Number: DV-ARA 176 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 80 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Jack Janssen Description: Inhabitants of Beirut talk about their love for the singer Fairuz. Collection: Language Resource Center

We Loved Each Other So Much

cover image Barcode: 58962938 Call Number: V-ARA 176 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 80 min System Requirements: NTSC Region 1 Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Jack Janssen Description: "Several inhabitants of Beirut, all from different backgrounds, explain how the singer Fairuz is loved by christians and muslims, communists and right-wing extremists alike. She never left Beirut during the civil war and is one of the few remaining symbols of the past, when times were better." - IMDb Collection: Language Resource Center

Wedding in Galilee = Urs al-jalil

cover image Barcode: 58946961 Call Number: DV-ARA 069 Material Type: Video -Digital Language: Arabic, Hebrew Creator: Directed by Michel Khleifi Description: "A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for agreeing. Women ritually prepare the bride; men prepare the groom. Guests gather. The Arab youths plot violence. One Israeli officer swoons in the heat and Arab women take her into the cool house. A thoroughbred gets loose and runs to a mined field; soldiers and Arabs must cooperate to rescue it. ... Rating Audience (Video Only): Not Rated Collection: Language Resource Center

Wedding in Galilee = Urs al-jalil

cover image Barcode: 58954406 Call Number: V-ARA 069 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 113 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 Language: Arabic, Hebrew Creator: Directed by Michel Khleifi Description: Wedding in Galilee is a richly detailed allegory of marriage, tradition and national identity. The elder of a Palestinian village under Israeli military rule wants permission to hold a traditional wedding for his son that will go past the imposed curfew. The Army commander agrees on the condition that he and his officers be invited as guests of honor at the ceremony. Director Michel Khleifi's extraordinary first feature is an erotic and often compelling meditation on two conflicting ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Wedding in Galilee = Urs al-jalil

cover image Barcode: 58955312 Call Number: Israel Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 113 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 DVD Region: Language: Arabic, Hebrew Creator: Directed by Michel Khleifi Description: Wedding in Galilee is a richly detailed allegory of marriage, tradition and national identity. The elder of a Palestinian village under Israeli military rule wants permission to hold a traditional wedding for his son that will go past the imposed curfew. The Army commander agrees on the condition that he and his officers be invited as guests of honor at the ceremony. Director Michel Khleifi's extraordinary first feature is an erotic and often compelling meditation on two conflicting ... Collection: Martin Salinger Resource Collection

Where Do We Go Now? = Et maintenant, on va où?

cover image Barcode: 58963840 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 110 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Nadine Labaki Description: A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village. Rating Audience (Video Only): PG-13 Collection: Language Resource Center

Women Beyond Borders

Barcode: 58946997 Call Number: V-ARA 040 Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 58 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 DVD Region: Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Jean Chamoun Description: In WOMEN BEYOND BORDERS, acclaimed director Jean Chamoun (In the Shadows of the City) looks at the lives and works of some of the women who have joined in the fight for their Palestinian homeland. We learn of young resistance fighter Kifah Afifi’s experience as a survivor of the 1982 Shatila massacre in Lebanon when she was just twelve years old. She tells about fighting the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon in the 1990s and of her imprisonment in the Khiam detention facility, which was run ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Women Beyond Borders

cover image Barcode: 58958721 Call Number: DV-ARA 040 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 58 min. System Requirements: NTSC, Region 1 DVD Region: Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Jean Chamoun Description: In WOMEN BEYOND BORDERS, acclaimed director Jean Chamoun (In the Shadows of the City) looks at the lives and works of some of the women who have joined in the fight for their Palestinian homeland. We learn of young resistance fighter Kifah Afifi’s experience as a survivor of the 1982 Shatila massacre in Lebanon when she was just twelve years old. She tells about fighting the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon in the 1990s and of her imprisonment in the Khiam detention facility, which was run ... Collection: Language Resource Center

Women of Hamas

cover image Barcode: 58958723 Call Number: DQ-66086 Material Type: Video -Digital Time: 60 min. Language: Arabic Creator: Directed by Suha Arraf Description: While the most prominent members of the controversial organisation Hamas are men, most of its field work is carried out by cadres of women supporters. These women of Hamas are the most powerful women in the Palestinian territories. Focusing on three such women, this film probes at their ideological commitment to the movement and gives us an insight into the work of those who remain in the shadows. Collection: Language Resource Center

العجلة الثالثة مذكرات طالب = Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Third Wheel

cover image Barcode: 58994359 Call Number: FR-ARA Kin Material Type: Print Language: Arabic Creator: Jeff Kinney Description: "Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out. A dance at Greg's middle school has everyone scrambling to find a partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. So he concocts a desperate plan to find someone -- anyone! -- to go with on the big night. But Greg's schemes go hilariously awry, and his only option is to attend the dance with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and a female classmate as a "group of friends." But the night is long, and ... Collection: Language Resource Center

النحو العربي وحلولها النموذجية = Alnahaw Alarabi wa Halwalha Alnamudhjia

Barcode: 58963893 Call Number: IL-ARA Han Material Type: Print Language: Arabic Creator: Farid Ishaq Hanalla Description: Various grammar exercises Collection: Language Resource Center

تبسيط النحو العربي للسادة الاساتذة = Tabsit Alnahaw Alarabi Lilssadat Alasatidha

Barcode: 58963892 Call Number: IL-ARA Han Material Type: Print Language: Arabic Creator: Farid Ishaq Hanalla Description: Simplification of Arabic grammar for professors Collection: Language Resource Center

حكايات تقليدية باللغة العربية والإنجليزية = Arabic Stories for Language Learners : Traditional Middle Eastern Tales in Arabic and English

cover image Barcode: 58958152 Call Number: FR-ARA Bro Material Type: Print Language: Arabic, English Creator: Hezi Brosh, Lufti Mansur Collection: Language Resource Center