Fadi Ismail is the man responsible for bringing Turkish dramas to the Arab World, and the former General Manager of MBC’s production arm O3 Productions. Fadi was a pioneer in adapting scripted drama formats and long telenovela series in Arabic, as well as innovative high end productions such as Omar and Saraya Abdeen. Fadi commissioned and executive produced ... Show More
Aug 2024
#Unscripted with Sally Waly - بلا نص و دواران مع سالي والي | Episode 6
Born and raised in Cairo, Sally Waly started out in advertising before becoming the youngest female producer in the region as the CEO of S Productions. She introduced the first-ever Arabic musical drama, first post-apocalyptic Arab drama, and various US formats to the MENA region ... Show More
34m 17s
Mar 2023
Beirut Street Culture on Film | Amin Dora
From Shankaboot to Brando Al Sharek, we talk with innovative Emmy-winning filmmaker Amin Dora about cinema, advertising, working with George Khabbaz, Shankaboot, Beirut, and where we are today in TV and Film in Lebanon.Amin Dora is an Emmy-Winning Film Director and Visual Artist ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 2024
Reorienting the Middle East: Film and Digital Media Where the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean Meet | Alia Yunis
Discover cinema from the Gulf from its beginnings to the present day. Filmmaker Alia Yunis draws on her rich knowledge of the Arab Gulf’s cinema to give us a full picture of the scene's early days, its current state and what is anticipated for its future. Rejecting the widely hel ... Show More
58m 7s
Aug 2020
Waleed Mahdi, "Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation" (Syracuse UP, 2020)
Dr. Waleed Mahdi’s book, Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation (Syracuse University Press) offers a comparative analysis of the portrayals of Arab Americans in film and interrogates how such representations have been, and continue ... Show More
47m 34s
Apr 2025
The Untold Stories of Palestine | Farah Nabulsi, Director of The Teacher & The Present
In this episode of Kawalis, we welcome Farah Nabulsi, the acclaimed director and writer behind films like "The Teacher" and the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated "The Present." Nabulsi shares her powerful journey from her career in finance to filmmaking, highlighting her profound ... Show More
1h 13m
Dec 2024
Episode Seven - Scripted: What's the Point? (When the World Is Dark)
Amid personal and global turmoil, in this special episode of Scripted/Unscripted, Nadia confronts the question, "What's the point?". She reflects on how writing serves as a tool for emotional expression, resistance, and connection, highlighting its power to humanize the dehumaniz ... Show More
23m 57s
Jul 24
Ihsan Abdel Quddous's Enduring 20th-Century Legacy | Jonathan Smolin
Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Dartmouth College, Jonathan Smolin, discusses his book "The Politics of Melodrama: The Cultural and Political Lives of Ihsan Abdel Kouddous and Gamal Abdel Nasser," which examines the life and work of Ihsan Abdel Quddous who played an immens ... Show More
56m 27s