This second edition of a work first published a decade ago includes the same main features as its predecessor--a chronology, dictionary, filmography, and bibliography--and retains the nuanced approach regarding the entwinement of Middle Eastern cinema and politics that characterizes the earlier edition. The updating is extensive: e.g., the chronology of Middle Eastern cinematic events now extends to 2020; the filmography has grown from 65 pages to 74 pages; and the excellent bibliography has increased by 5 pages. Overall, the volume is some 200 pages longer than its predecessor. The heart of the volume, the dictionary proper, covers the same sorts of material as the first edition did--major films, performers, directors, film festivals, genres, and movements; film-centered organizations and government entities; Middle Eastern national cinemas; and important themes in Middle Eastern cinema (e.g., exile and diaspora, Islam, nationalism, women)--but more extensively.

The 2020 volume profiles 330 people and 216 films. The updating of this dictionary makes it a required resource for those seeking current, comprehensive information on Middle Eastern cinema in one volume. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students. films. The updating of this dictionary makes it a required resource for those seeking current, comprehensive information on Middle Eastern cinema in one volume. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students.

films. The updating of this dictionary makes it a required resource for those seeking current, comprehensive information on Middle Eastern cinema in one volume. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students.films. The updating of this dictionary makes it a required resource for those seeking current, comprehensive information on Middle Eastern cinema in one volume. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students.