Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-208).
"For cultural purposes only" : curating a Palestinian film festival / Annemarie Jacir -- The weapon of culture : cinema in the Palestinian liberation struggle / Joseph Massad -- From reality to fiction : from poverty to expression / Michel Khleifi -- Towards liberation : Michel Khleifi's Ma'loul and Canticle / Bashir Abu-Manneh -- The cinema of displacment : gender, nation, and diaspora / Ella Shohat -- Palestinian exilic cinema and film letters / Hamid Naficy -- A letter from the rest of the world or "The Afghan Arabs" / Nizar Hassan -- The challenges of Palestinian filmmaking (1990-2003) / Omar al-Qattan -- In praise of frivolity : on the cinema of Elia Suleiman / Hamid Dabashi