This book is the first comparative investigation of how modern American cinema and the cinemas of the Arab world represent Middle Eastern politics to their audiences. Lina Khatib examines major political issues, from the Arab–Israeli conflict to the Gulf War and Islamic fundamentalism, as portrayed in films made in the United States, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. She explores cinema as a tool of nationalism in America and the Arab world, and the challenges the Arab cinemas present to Hollywood’s dominant representations of Middle Eastern politics. This is a fascinating, original contribution to the burgeoning interest in world cinemas.