Its main focus is on the plight of the Palestinians which can be seen as the most enduring residue of the modern encounter between the Arabs and the West. Edward Said traces the course of European involvement with the Near East via the Crusades to Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and the French and English entrepreneurs, adventurers and empire builders who came in his wake.
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ThiefHott
Too much of everything
GazerRise
Fantastic!
Matrixiole
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
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Suman Roberson
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.