The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism’s self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the events from their personal perspective.
Direction
Five wildly distinct voices, unified by grief and fury.
Writing
Sherherazade as martyr — narrative as resistance.
Director
Borhane Alaouié
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made when most Western audiences knew the war through green night-vision footage, this anthology demanded Arab subjectivity take center frame.
Elia Suleiman's segment here essentially became the prototype for his later feature 'Chronicle of a Disappearance' — same deadpan, same absence.
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