# Why Are Middle-Eastern/Arabic Movies Ignored?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [November 19, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-middle-eastern-arabic-movies-ignored/954633 "2021-11-19T17:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-middle-eastern-arabic-movies-ignored/954633/21 "2021-11-24T14:49:08Z")

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Did you see “Where Is My Friend’s Home”? I tried once, but I guess I wasn’t in the mood.

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**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-middle-eastern-arabic-movies-ignored/954633/22 "2021-11-24T17:31:40Z")

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I work at a cinema in the Boston suburbs. We sometimes do special one-time screenings of new Iranian films, set up by a local promoter, and these are always well attended by the Farsi community. Most don’t have English subtitles - too bad, they often look intriguing.

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