Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Contributors xi
A Note on Referencing, Availability of the Films and Language xv
Introduction: Modelling Local Content for Animation in the Middle East Stefanie Van de Peer 1
1 Restoring Cultural Historical Memories: Animating Folktales to Form New Iraqi Identities Amber Shields 29
2 The Key Frames: Milestones in the Institutional History of Animation in Iran Maryam Ghorbankarimi 51
3 Local Minds, Foreign Hands: Animation in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Omar Adam Sayfo 69
4 Turkish Animation: A Contemporary Reflection of the Karagöz Shadow Play Basak Ürkmez 84
5 From Animated Cartoons to Suspended Animation: A History of Syrian Animation Stefanic Van de Peer 107
6 Cultivating an Arthouse Viewership: Lebanese Animation Audiences Grow Up Lina Ghaibeh George Khoury (Jad) 129
7 Pixelated Intifada: Animating Palestine Under Digital Occupation Colleen Jankovic 150
8 Beyond the Burden of Representation: Israeli Animation Between Escapism and Subversion Yael Friedman 172
9 From the Pioneers to the Revolutionaries: The Art of Animation in Egypt Mohamed Ghazala 196
10 Animating Libya in Shorthand: The Skilful Art of Visualising the Repressed Body Nisrine Mansour 217
11 Cinema Against an Authoritarian Backdrop: A History of Tunisian Animation Maya Ben Ayed 240
12 Animation in Morocco: New Generations and Emerging Communities Paula Callus 262
Bibliography 282
Index 298