My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program CLASSROOM REBELS runs from 9/26-10/2! As the first month back to school comes to a close, we explore stories of teenage students who push back against the status quo. Info & tix available at www.bam.org/film/2025/cl...

Tomorrow! Cinema Arabiyya's first screening at Nitehawk Prospect Park!

Join me on 9/9 at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social Prospect for FEATHERS by Omar El Zohairy, an Egyptian dark social satire where an authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken during a child's birthday party. This event benefits Asiyah Women's Center. nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...

My next @bambrooklyn.bsky.social program is live and entitled SUMMERS OF CHANGE. This sun-drenched series finds characters trying their best to surf massive waves of summertime change. Escape the oppressive heat in Brooklyn’s coolest cinemas Aug 22-28 😎 www.bam.org/film/2025/su...

Restored & Renewed kicks off Friday at BAM 🎬 11 film gems. 5 decades. All stunningly restored. From Killer of Sheep to Picnic at Hanging Rock to Batang West Side—see these cinematic milestones the way they were meant to be seen: on the big screen.

"NYC 2000s is a 2-week journey through some of the biggest & smallest films that were set in, filmed in & about the city...when the city was dealing with the aftershocks of 9/11 & the recession, while it began solidifying the Bloomberg vision of itself.” nygroove.nyc/aughts-cinem...

I'd also love to encourage you to come out to the next screening in my Cinema Arabiyya series at @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social. July 24th, we will be screening another 00's nostalgia film, this time from Lebanon called BOSTA! nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg...

NYC 2000's also made it to the @nytimes.com as part of their list of Fun Things to Do in NYC in July! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/a...

Very honored to chat with Dave Colon about my next program at BAM - NYC 2000s! We chatted about early aughts nostalgia, smaller cinematic gems in the program (including the Arab-American THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE) and one that got away...it starts tomorrow 7/18! www.bam.org/film/2025/ny...

Excited to announce that the opening night film of the 27th Arab Film Festival will be the U.S. Premiere of HAJJAN! The newest film from Abu Bakr Shawky! It's a beautiful & exciting adventure film that you won't want to miss. Nov 10 at the Castro. Get your tix now! arabfilmfestival.org