• 2. Cairo Station (Bab El Hadid) by Youssef Chahine. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    2. Cairo Station (Bab El Hadid) by Youssef Chahine. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
  • 3. Chronicle of the Years of Embers. Mohammed Lakhdar Hamina. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    3. Chronicle of the Years of Embers. Mohammed Lakhdar Hamina. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
  • 4. The Land by Youssef Chahine. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    4. The Land by Youssef Chahine. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
  • 5. The Silence of the Palaces by Moufida Tlatli. Courtesy: Dubai International Film Festival
    5. The Silence of the Palaces by Moufida Tlatli. Courtesy: Dubai International Film Festival
  • 6. Dreams of a City by Mohamed Malas. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    6. Dreams of a City by Mohamed Malas. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
  • 7. Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman. Courtesy: Dubai International Film Festival
    7. Divine Intervention by Elia Suleiman. Courtesy: Dubai International Film Festival
  • 8. Kit Kat by Daoud Abdel Sayed. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    8. Kit Kat by Daoud Abdel Sayed. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
  • 9. West Beirut by Ziad Doueiri. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    9. West Beirut by Ziad Doueiri. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
  • 10. The Dupes by Twefik Saleh. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival
    10. The Dupes by Twefik Saleh. Courtesy Dubai International Film Festival

In pictures: Top 10 Arab films

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  • Arabic

Ahead of its 10th anniversary event, the Dubai International Film Festival has released an Arabic-English film book detailing the best in regional cinema. Here is the top 10 of the top 100.

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