The Middle East was one of the first regions to adopt film.
Databases:
Academic Video Online: Premium
The Middle East Broadcasting Center
Well-known films available at Rutgers:
Also available on Amazon Prime
Also available through Rutgers access to Alexander Street.
Also available on Youtube.
Not available on streaming services.
Also available on Youtube.
Documentaries:
The Spirit of Dance, Middle Eastern Dance
Also available through Rutgers at Alexander Street.
Not available through streaming services.
Discovering the Music of the Middle East
Available at the Internet Archive
Inside the Middle East: 2017 and Beyond
Non-Rutgers access:
Miscellaneous:
El Cinema Movie Database (in Arabic)
Aflamedia: watch free Arabic movies online
Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film
International Dictionary of Films and Film-makers
Cornell's Guide to Middle Eastern Cinema
Gümüş (2005-2007) (Gümüş does not appear to be available for streaming inside of the US, it is a Turkish tv show).
Rutgers-Access:
Discovering the Music of the Middle East
Piano Music of the Middle East
Inside the Middle East Lebanese Music Scene
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Qatar
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Non-Rutgers Access:
Foundation for Arab Music: Archiving and Research
Miscellaneous:
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