Samirah AlkassimSamirah Alkassim is an assistant professor of film theory at George Mason University. She is a series editor of the Palgrave Studies in Arab Cinema and her publications include the coauthored The Cinema of Muhammad Malas, contributions to the Historial Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema, and chapters in Cinema of the Arab World: Contemporary Directions in Theory and Practice; Refocus: The Films of Jocelyne Saab; and Gaza on Screen. Read More Read Less