History And History Of The Arab Films - 1993 Words

Do you think history is important? Why is it significant? And, does knowing the history of everything in the life matter? Actually, these questions and many other questions have been asked over many years all over the world and they have many different answers. Knowing the history of many different things in the life is very important because of one sufficient and helpful reason; knowing the history helps in understanding the present and in building the future. There are a lot of subjects and things that people should know their history, such as the history of a country, the history of a family, the history of arts, and the history of technology. Also, one of the most important things that people should know its history is movies and the†¦show more content†¦And with this growth came a wider variety of films. But, perhaps inevitably, it was not until the political upheaval in the years following WWII and the onset of the Palestinian Israeli conflict that Arab cinema took up more hard-hitting themes.† (Seymour 70). Therefore, the European colonization of the Arab nations touched the industry of Arab films positively. Nevertheless, the industry of films in the Arab nations was not able to fund programs and movies in spite of the needs to new programs and films. According to Viola Shafik in the â€Å"Arab Cinema† book, the Arab channels have been in need for new programs but there is no funds that can support them. â€Å" Two dozen Arab channels, including those of the Egyptian ERTU (Egyptian Radio and TV Union), are run in the Arab world and Europe and in the last few years have multiplied the need for new Arab programs. The film industry, however, is unable to profit from this development.† (Shafik 43). Foreigners or European minorities who had immigrated to Arab countries owned the movies theaters that were originally introduced in Arab nations. The same applied to film production, which was originally dominated by investors who were non-natives or foreigners. In evaluating the development of the Cinema industry in Arab nations, Egypt would provide an ideal country