Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film

A unique reference source [that] focuses on a neglected body of non-western film in a serious, scholarly fashion. The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film does film students a real service. It pulls together information on a diverse but geographically related body of filmmaking and makes it accessible in one well-organized volume. Academic libraries serious about supporting film study programs will want it in their collections. <br>- Against the Grain, June 2002 <br> The text is enhanced by stills, easy-to-read typeface, sturdy binding, and helpful indexing.... This work brings together material unavailable elsewhere in one place, much of it hitherto unavailable in English....[It] has no English-language rivals, and hence will be essential for any library wanting up-to-date, thoughtful coverage of cinema in the Middle and North Africa. General and academic readers, lower-division undergraduate through faculty.. <br>- Choice, March 2002 <br> As it pretty much goes without saying, the Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film...is nothing if not timely. It's also impressively comprehensive...and well researched, covering not only the well-trodden terrain of Iran and Egypt but, reading like the New York Times these days, also central Asia, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, the Maghreb, Palestine, and Turkey. <br>- Film Comment, January/February 2002 <br> This is a useful addition to the growing library on non-Western cinema...highly recommended for all libraries supporting film studies. <br>- Library Journal, November 2001 <br>