FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Middle East Studies

VH 4460 Alexander the Great / The Hellenistic Age
Summary: Greek culture became the common element which held the city states conquered by Alexander the Great together in an empire. A time of large impersonal states that allowed the growth of personal artistic independence. The Hellenistic Age spread Greek culture throughout the eastern Mediterranean world. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, EARLY CIVILIZATION Series: WESTERN TRADITION, THE

VH 0717 Ancient and Modern: The Fall and Rise of the Middle East
Summary: In this century Middle Eastern independence and oil wealth have reversed the region's downward trend that began, ironically, in the midst of Europe's rebirth. State-of-the-art technology has not, however, replaced tradition; the two coexist in an uneasy alliance. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 6976 Andalusian Epic: Islamic Spain
Summary: This program addresses the expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, where Muslims ruled with tolerance for more than seven centuries. The introduction and consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the creation of the Umayyad emirate by the sole survivor of the Umayyad dynasty, the rise of Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule on the Iberian Peninsula are all discussed. 027 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 6974 Arabs Make Their Entrance, The: Islam and Empire
Summary: This program charts the rise of the Arab empire from its roots in the long-standing rivalry between the Byzantines and the Sassanids. 026 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 6979 An Art of Living: Arab Aesthetics in 9th Century Spain
Summary: This program focuses on the remarkable cultural contributions of Ziryab, a talented young musician who fled the East for Andalusia and became the era's preeminent arbiter of style and taste. 027 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 7727 Bethlehem Diary
Summary: This program focuses on two Palestinian families and a human rights attorney during the time of the second Intifada in the town of Bethlehem. 060 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0715 Captains and Kings: Authority in the Middle East
Summary: In contrast to the largely democratic West, the predominant Middle Eastern political orientation is toward authoritarian rule, with power generally concentrated in the hands of a monarch or military leader. This film shows us some of the historical, religious, and cultural reasons for autocracy's dominance in the Middle East. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 0722 Change: Turkey and Saudi Arabia
Summary: Opposites on an ideological spectrum, Turkey and Saudi Arabia best illustrate how nonviolent change has affected the Middle East since World War I. Saudi Arabia entered the modern age with its Arab, Islamic soul intact; Turkey cast aside its heritage to modernize only to draw opposition from traditionalists over the heavy cost of progress. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 7139 Cleopatra
Summary: Attempts to unravel some of the myths surrounding Egypt's legendary queen. 045 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: INTIMATE PORTRAIT

VH 7723 Close, Closed, Closure
Summary: A portrait of life in and around the Gaza Strip 35 years after it was occupied by Israel in the Six Day War of 1967. Depicts the desperation of Gaza's residents and the difficult position of Israeli leftists who oppose the occupation. At the same time, the film considers the role of filmmaking in shaping perceptions of the past. Directed by Ram Loevy. In English, Hebrew, and Arabic with English subtitles. 053 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 6530 Edge of Peace, The: Six Personal Stories
Summary: Chronicles the first year of the implementation of the Israel-PLO accords September 13, 1993, as experienced by both Palestinians and Israelis. Three Palestinians and three Israelis were given video cameras to document their lives and the lives of their communities during this turbulent time. 104 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 4790 Edward Said on Orientalism
Summary: Edward Said argues that the Western understanding of the Middle East as a place full of villains and terrorists ruled by Islamic fundamentalism produces a deeply distorted image of the diversity and complexity of millions of Arab peoples. He unearths the intellectual roots of "orientalism" in the history of imperial conquest stemming back to the 18th century. 040 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 6981 Everything Under the Sun: Astronomy, Mathematics and Islam
Summary: This program reveals the Empire of the Caliphate's role in developing the Indo-Arabic decimal system, algebra, and algorithms and in refining the science of optics and the Ptolemaic model of the solar system. 026 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, ASTRONOMY, MATHEMATICS Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 7619 Eyewitness Sudan
Summary: Video is a documentary of the August 1998 U.S. bombing of the el Shifa Pharmaceutical Plant, which provided more than half the medicine for Sudan. 028 Min. VIDEO Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0713 Family Matters: The Role of the Family in the Middle East
Summary: Traditionally the model upon which social and political life has been based, the large, extended, and patriarchal Middle Eastern family has begun to fragment under Western influence. Although rapid westernization has benefitted many, fundamentalists have tried to save the old society by reviving traditional ways, thus heightening regional tensions. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 6550 Field Diary
Summary: A film journal portraying the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and concludes with the 1982 invasion of south Lebanon. Uses the power of the camera against the power of the gun--consists of about fifty sequence shots conceived as capsules, taken mostly from a moving car. 083 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 5548 Golda Meir
Summary: Photos, news clips and segments from interviews illuminate Golda Meir's personal and professional history. Political leaders and officials recall her contributions and comment on her career. 050 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, BIOGRAPHY Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3991 Historic Memory, The
Summary: In this program, Bill Moyers and three recognized Arab historians discuss the major historical periods in the Arab world, from its ancient past as a leader in science, mathematics, and literature, through colonization by the French and British, to the present. The Koran is discussed as a constitutional document, and the role of the West in Arab political affairs in analyzed. 028 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, EARLY CIVILIZATION Series: ARAB WORLD, THE

VH 0720 Homeland: Israel and Palestine
Summary: Promised to both the Arabs and the Jews by the British and partitioned by the United Nations into two states, Palestine, which became the independent state of Israel in 1948, is still the object of a protracted struggle between Israelis and Palestinian nationalists, both of whom maintain ancient claims to the territory. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 5551 How Israel Won the War
Summary: This CBS News Special Report is a detailed review of the military strategies that enabled the Israeli Defense Force to defeat the Arab armies in the Six-Day War. 035 Min. VIDEO 1967 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7729 Human Weapon
Summary: Examination of the phenomenon of suicide bombing in Israel, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka. Directed by Ilan Ziv. 056 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0723 Identity: Lebanon
Summary: The religious and civil dissension that has beset Lebanon since the withdrawal of the French in 1946 began with a national identity crisis. Because the Lebanese embody all the elements that now determine the Middle Eastern identity, their recent history may be read as a history in microcosm of 20th century Middle East instability. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 5720 If You Make It Possible
Summary: This program features portraits of: Nafez Assaily, co-founder of the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence; Rabbi Menachem Fruman, a founder of the Gush Emunim Jewish religious settler movement; Father Bruno Hussar, a Dominican priest who founded Shalom/Wahat al Salaam; Nabila Espanoily and Hannah Safran, a Palestinian and Israeli who became friends through their women's advocacy groups. 075 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0719 Independence: Egypt and Algeria
Summary: Between the first and second world wars the Middle East moved from a religious and familial consciousness into one that was national and secular. Triggered in part by the decline of European colonial power, this shift effected the independence of Egypt and Algeria after World War II. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 6955 Into the Future
Summary: This episode explores the establishment of the state of Israel from the early Zionist movements to the present and the distribution of Jews in today's world. Discusses issues such as Jewish identity and the plight of Soviet Jews. 060 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, EARLY CIVILIZATION Series: HERITAGE: CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS

VH 0231 Iran: Landmarks in the Desert & Turkey: Crossroads
Summary: Emphasizes the turbulent history of Persia through the ages, as seen through the vivid artistry of architects, painters, and craftsmen of the different periods. Includes sequences on the ancient ruins of Persepolis and on the weaving of Persian carpets. The film recounts the history of the Anatolian plateau which became modern Turkey. 064 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, EARLY CIVILIZATION Series: PEOPLE & PLACES OF ANTIQUITY

VH 3696 Iraq - Cradle Of Civilization
Summary: Present-day Iraq covers the Biblical land of Summer, the kingdom commanding the ancient mother rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. Over millennia, many great civilization have risen and fallen - those of Sumer Babylon, and Baghdad, city of the Arabian Nights. 029 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, MIDDLE EAST, EARLY CIVILIZATION

VH 0229 Iraq: Stairway to the Gods & Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Summary: Location photography, artifacts, maps, authentic music and artwork help portray the story of six great civilizations of the past that flourished in Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, Peru, Iran, and Turkey. 065 Min. VIDEO 1972 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, EARLY CIVILIZATION Series: PEOPLE & PLACES OF ANTIQUITY

VH 5387 Islamic Art
Summary: This program discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art. 032 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: ART, MIDDLE EAST, ARCHITECTURE Series: WORLD OF ISLAM, THE

VH 5386 Islamic City, The
Summary: Describes the architecture and important areas of several Islamic cities in various areas of the Moslem world. 030 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, ARCHITECTURE Series: WORLD OF ISLAM, THE

VH 5557 Israelis, The
Summary: Broadcast two weeks after the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, this CBS News Special Report explores the national character of different countries. Israeli journalist Amos Elon presents his personal perspective on the Israeli people. A rich selection of everyday scenes conveys the complexities of life in Israel. 036 Min. VIDEO 1973 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5684 Middle East 1900 - 1956
Summary: Chronicles the history of the Middle East from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the Suez Crisis. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 5685 Middle East 1956 - 1991
Summary: Chronicles the history of the Middle East from the Suez Crisis to the Gulf War using newsreel footage. 060 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0710 Middlemen: The Pivotal Role of the Middle East, The
Summary: At the center of the known world for centuries, the Middle East was a geographical, commercial, ethnic, and religious crossroads. And Middle Eastern were the world's "middlemen" - and ethnocultural blend the elements of which illuminate both the Middle Eastern sensibility and the region's current instability. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 7794 Miracle Of Survival: The Birth Of Israel
Summary: The history of the emergent state of Israel with background of the Holocaust during World War II, the development of Israel’s military strength, and the Six-Day War of 1967. Includes archival footage. 060 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 6978 Muslim Town, The: Urban Life Under the Caliphate
Summary: This program describes key centers of the Muslim town, including the mosque and the souk; technical achievements such as the waterwheel; and the roles of the prince, the doctors of the law, and the leaders of the various social groups in keeping order within the bustling community. 027 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, ARCHITECTURE Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 0714 New Frontiers: The Middle East Following World War I
Summary: The nation-states of the Middle East that today wage war for territory and power did not exist before World War I. By creating artificial frontiers and introducing the alien concept of nationalism, a concept that superseded the traditional Middle Eastern identity based on family and religion, certain Western powers may unknowingly have set the stage for today's conflicts. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 5536 Operation Moses: A Documentary
Summary: The epic story of the rescue, immigration and absorption of Ethiopian Jewry is told in this gripping documentary. Through testimonials and rare footage, we view the daring saga of people saved from extinction by the efforts of the World Jewish community. 027 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 6951 People is Born, A / The Power of the Word
Summary: "A People Is Born" explores Jewish and Near Eastern life and culture from prehistory to the sixth century B.C. Focuses on the origin of the Jewish people and their development of the concept of God. "The Power of the Word" chronicles the emergence of a Jewish identity based on ideas, not territory or military power. Follows the consolidation of the Jewish people and their law, and the intellectual interaction between the Jewish world and classical Greece and Rome. 120 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: HERITAGE: CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS

VH 0721 Revolution: Iraq and Iran
Summary: Since World War II internal political revolutions in such countries as Iraq and Iran have been a salient feature of Middle East politics. Caused in part by postwar economic instability and the withdrawal of colonial powers, the initial unrest was largely a response to Western exploitation. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 6980 Secrets of the Human Body, The
Summary: Full title; The Secrets of the Human Body: Islam's Contributions to Medicine. This program investigates the practice of medicine during the Abbasid Caliphate, offering profiles of Al-Ma'amun's House of Wisdom; Rhazes, whose Kitab al-hawi outlines an exemplary clinical approach; Avicenna, universally known for his Canon of Medicine; and Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi, the father of modern surgery. 027 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 0716 Sects and Violence: Fragmentation within Religions
Summary: Although sectarian differences between Jews, Christians, and Muslims are a main ingredient of Middle East tensions, the struggle for power and territory is also rife among divergent sects within each faith who are trying to legitimize their religious beliefs and principles. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 5563 See It Now: Egypt and Israel
Summary: This program, hosted by Edward R. Murrow, was filmed during February 1956 and includes scenes of everyday life in Egypt and Israel. Includes interviews with Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser and Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. 060 Min. VIDEO 1956 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 7725 Settlers, The
Summary: In the Palestinian Territories, in the city of Hebron on the West Bank, seven Orthodox families and their forty-three children comprise the Jewish settlement of Tel Rumeidah. The film shows how the settlers try to live normally amid political and military turmoil, as a tiny minority surrounded by Arab neighbors whom the prefer to ignore. Directed by Ruth Walk. In English and Hebrew with English subtitles. 058 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0718 Story of Oil, The: Chief Economic Resource Mid. East
Summary: Beneath the sand and rock of the Middle East lie two-thirds of the world's known oil reserves. An object of exploitation since ancient times and a cause of current tension within and without the Middle East, oil has nonetheless brought great wealth-though unequally distributed-to a poor region. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 5719 Suleyman the Magnificent
Summary: This film describes the Ottoman sultan known as the second Solomon, Suleyman the Magnificent. Tells how he ruled half the civilized world and how his empire flourished under his enlightened guidance. 057 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, ARCHITECTURE, ART

VH 4531 Tartar Crusaders
Summary: This program explores Europe's initial response to the Mongol onslaught, which was to presume it some form of divine retribution sent to punish a sinful world. In 1243, Pope Innocent IV sent forth a series of emissaries to glean the will of the Mongol lords and persuade them to consider Christianity. 050 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, MIDDLE EAST Series: MONGOLS: STORM FROM THE EAST

VH 6977 They Surveyed the World: Exploring the Arab Empire and Beyond
Summary: This program captures what it was like to be a pilgrim in a caravan bound for Mecca, an official carrying out the Caliph's orders, a scholar seeking knowledge, a merchant in search of new markets, and an explorer charting the seas. 026 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, ARCHITECTURE Series: WHEN THE WORLD SPOKE ARABIC

VH 0711 Torchbearers: Bridging the Dark Ages, The
Summary: Coincident with the Dark Ages in Europe, Islamic civilization in the Middle East reached its peak. Had Middle Eastern scholars not rediscovered, synthesized, and advanced the knowledge of antiquity, thus laying the groundwork for further exploration and discovery, the European Renaissance and western civilization as we now know it might never have been. 025 Min. VIDEO 1984 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: MIDDLE EAST, THE

VH 5565 Wall In Jerusalem, A
Summary: A documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is recorded using rare film footage and photos of historic events in the development of 20th-century Israel. 091 Min. VIDEO 1970 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5566 Wooden Gun, The
Summary: This film is set in Tel Aviv in 1950, it depicts the war games of two rival groups of children who interpret the values of heroism and toughness they have been taught by anxious adults. It poses the question, can a country justify violence while simultaneously seeking peace? 091 Min. VIDEO 1979 Subject: MIDDLE EAST Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 5567 Yitzhak Rabin
Summary: This program documents Yitzhak Rabin's political life by drawing on historical footage and interviews with people in the government, military and media who knew him. It traces Rabin's evolution from soldier to statesman, warrior to peacemaker. 050 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: MIDDLE EAST, BIOGRAPHY Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION