An epic story of Islam by Syrian director Moustapha Akkad starring Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas. Chronicling the life and times of the prophet Mohammad, the film introduces early Islamic history, starting with Islam's beginnings in Mecca in which the Muslims are persecuted, the exodus to Medina, and ending with the Muslims' triumphant return to Mecca.

An award-winning documentary about a Palestinian community organiser who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Isreal's 'Seperation Barrier'. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter organises the women, unleashing a movement of peaceful resistance.

Narcy is an Iraqi performer visiting the US from Canada, trying to make it in the rap game. When he tries to board a flight to New York with his friend Yushua to perform at a music festival, Narcy is stopped by airport security. What happens next will make you laugh, bob your head, and question the fate of Arabs in America post-9/11.

A mix of traditional North African music, ragga, punk, rock, chaâbi and gnawa over ironic and militant lyrics. All of which is delivered by the charismatic singer Amazigh Kateb

Rayess Bek is one of the founders of Rap and Hip Hop in Arabic. He adapted Rap music to his background and created his own sound and style. His lyrics - always polished, sharp and committed - speak about Lebanon, its crisis, its war, its youth and disillusionment with politics by the new generation.

Mashrou3 Leila is Arabic for ‘an overnight project’. It started out as a music workshop at the American University of Beirut in 2008, an open platform for students of architecture and design to experiment with sounds and make things audible. Haig Papazian, Carl Gerges, Hamed Sinno, Omaya Malaeb, Andre Chedid, Firas Abou Fakher and Ibrahim Badr sustained their collective as Mashrou3 Leila, an experiment. You can hear cascading melts of masculine vocals, only suspended with thrusts of violin; beats and bass attacked by melodies sometimes neurotic, sometimes tender, and even sometimes on pause. Through the music, you can smell where Leila has been, in bed sheets, on sidewalks, and spilled coffee on dresses.

Scrambled Eggs came together in Beirut in 1998 and delivered their first album ‘Human Friendly Noises’ in 2002. Characterised by a spacious ambient rock mood, the influences on the album range from British alternative and progressive rock to more aggressive strands of American rock and pop. This first album had a great influence among the Lebanese rock scene.