Middle Eastern and North American Studies Program presents: Fall 2026 Film Series

Please join us for this important film series:

Monday, October 19 - Palestine ’36 (dir. Annemarie Jacir, 2025, 120 min)

Set during the 1936–1939 Palestinian Revolt against British rule, the film follows a young man
caught between his village and Jerusalem as tensions with the mandate authorities escalate.

Monday November 19th - All That’s Left of You (dir. Cherien Dabis, 2025, 145 min)

Spanning the years from 1948 to 2022, this multigenerational saga follows a Palestinian family
across decades of displacement and loss. A single act of colonial violence ripples through three
generations, binding past and present.

Friday December 4, 2026 - Gaza Mon Amour (dir. Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser, 2020, 87 min)

In the Gaza Strip, Issa, a sixty-year-old bachelor fisherman, is secretly in love with Siham, a
seamstress at the market. When he discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net,
the find upends his life and finally gives him the courage to declare his feelings, even as the
authorities take a keen interest in his mysterious treasure.

October 19, November 16, and December 4, 2026
4:15 p.m.–7:00 p.m.. at Mills Hall, Room 129


Organized by the MENA studies program. Cosponsored by the Cinema Studies Program, Amnesty International at Bowdoin, and the Bowdoin Film Society.

Open to the public free of charge. For more information, contact
Meryem Belkaid at mbelkaid@bowdoin.edu.

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