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Joseph Fahim

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Joseph Fahim is a film critic, curator, and lecturer. His curated programs have been presented in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. He co-authored various books on Arab cinema and has contributed to numerous outlets in the Middle East, including Middle East Eye, Middle East Institute, Al Monitor, and Al Jazeera along with various international platforms and publications such as Mubi’s Notebook, Sight & Sound, British Film Institute, and BBC Culture. To date, his writings have been published in nine different languages.

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#1 Happy Family USA: Season 1 (2025) 96% EDIT “The comedy is fast and hysterical; the animation is striking and poignantly wistful, the depiction of the Egyptian social shenanigans is spot-on, and, most importantly, the themes of identity it shrewdly explores are pertinent and provoking. ” – Middle East Eye Jun 2, 2025 Full Review Mo: Season 2 (2025) 96% EDIT “Mo 2 is a Disneyfied version of the Palestinian cause: a confused comedy that wants to have its cake and eat it; an irrefutable emotional saga with a lot of heart that nevertheless feels ill-fitting in the politically charged post-7 October world. ” – Middle East Eye Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Masameer County: Season 2 (2023) EDIT “The raunchy humour, sex, political commentary and gay subtext were multiplied, resulting in some of the most deliciously outrageous Arab TV to emerge since Bassem Youssef’s Al Bernameg and the heyday of the Arab Spring. ” – Middle East Eye Dec 28, 2024 Full Review Queen Cleopatra: Season 1 (2023) 18% EDIT “With no distinctive aesthetic point of view on offer and nothing intellectually novel to engage with, Cleopatra swiftly becomes a test of patience before it even reaches episode two. ” – Middle East Eye May 18, 2023 Full Review Dubai Bling: Season 1 (2022) EDIT “Any criticism of the show’s aesthetics is pointless–Dubai Bling does not pretend to be anything but trash. Its reductive,propagandist depiction of the city aside, the show’s biggest transgression is in its conservative politics and palpable anti-feminism.” – Middle East Eye Nov 21, 2022 Full Review Ramy: Season 3 (2022) 92% EDIT “Ramy is nowhere as authentic and honest as it likes to think it is, and it doesn’t come close to capturing the immensity and density of the Arab and Muslim experience. This is a regressive comedy that wants to have its cake and eat it. ” – Middle East Eye Oct 18, 2022 Full Review Mo: Season 1 (2022) 100% EDIT “Amer handles the weight of being another first with laudable aplomb and pathos, transposing the unique Palestinian pains with a carefully calculated mix of anger and dignity – a balance that is arguably the show’s strongest asset. ” – Middle East Eye Oct 14, 2022 Full Review Ms. Marvel: Season 1, Episode 6 (2022) EDIT “The marriage of Islamic customs with South Asian cultural heritage- the music, the clothes, the dancing- is all the more remarkable in how it illustrates that Muslim lives are nowhere as uniform as western film and TV habitually makes them out to be.” – Middle East Eye Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Ms. Marvel: Season 1, Episode 5 (2022) EDIT “The marriage of Islamic customs with South Asian cultural heritage- the music, the clothes, the dancing- is all the more remarkable in how it illustrates that Muslim lives are nowhere as uniform as western film and TV habitually makes them out to be.” – Middle East Eye Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Ms. Marvel: Season 1, Episode 4 (2022) EDIT “The marriage of Islamic customs with South Asian cultural heritage- the music, the clothes, the dancing- is all the more remarkable in how it illustrates that Muslim lives are nowhere as uniform as western film and TV habitually makes them out to be.” – Middle East Eye Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Ms. Marvel: Season 1, Episode 3 (2022) EDIT “The marriage of Islamic customs with South Asian cultural heritage- the music, the clothes, the dancing- is all the more remarkable in how it illustrates that Muslim lives are nowhere as uniform as western film and TV habitually makes them out to be.” – Middle East Eye Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Ms. Marvel: Season 1, Episode 2 (2022) EDIT “The marriage of Islamic customs with South Asian cultural heritage- the music, the clothes, the dancing- is all the more remarkable in how it illustrates that Muslim lives are nowhere as uniform as western film and TV habitually makes them out to be.” – Middle East Eye Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Ms. Marvel: Season 1, Episode 1 (2022) EDIT “The marriage of Islamic customs with South Asian cultural heritage- the music, the clothes, the dancing- is all the more remarkable in how it illustrates that Muslim lives are nowhere as uniform as western film and TV habitually makes them out to be.” – Middle East Eye Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Moon Knight: Season 1 (2022) 86% EDIT “This hodgepodge of underdeveloped themes is augmented by run-of-the-mill action sequences that not only lack invention but also emotional thrust. Mohamed Diab’s first foray into Hollywood is a giant folly with a lot of promise and too little reward. ” – Middle East Eye Jun 30, 2022 Full Review Ramy: Season 2 (2020) 95% EDIT “When it comes to the politics of Islam, supposedly one of the main focuses of the show, Youssef shies from delving into the growing division between secular and traditional Islam. It's here where the ideology of the show grows even more muddled.” – Middle East Eye Aug 6, 2021 Full Review Paranormal: Season 1 (2020) EDIT “The visual tediousness, intellectual hollowness and overall timidity, as applied to Paranormal, render what could've been a leap forward for regional genre filmmaking into yet another run-of-the-mill Netflix series.” – Middle East Eye Jul 16, 2021 Full Review Jinn: Season 1 (2019) 75% EDIT “Everything in Jinn feels like a carbon copy of tired American formulas: the basic arcs of the characters and their inner conflicts, their relationship with one another; and even the brand of horror that blends the grisly with the supernatural.” – Middle East Eye Jul 3, 2021 Full Review
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