The Alchemiya Journal
A journal of Muslim film, culture, creativity, art and education
- Muslim Girl Power, UK Muslim Life
Short film, Nobody’s Metaphor follows four teenage Muslim girls as they learn to fence and express themselves, challenging discrimination in the process. It is a powerful documentary with much contemporary relevance, especially for our young women.
- January 21, 2022
- Nooreh
- Films for Muslim Children, Kashmir
Nooreh is an award-winning film set in a village on the India-Pakistan border. Told from the perspective of an eight-year-old Muslim girl, it is a subtle and powerful story about the effects of conflict on children.
- January 19, 2022
- American Muslim Cinema
On A Wing and A Prayer is a heart-warming documentary that follows Monem Salam's attempts to get a US pilot's license. A film about a resilient family as American and suburban as The Simpsons, but Muslim!
- January 14, 2022
- Somos Musalmanes: The Tzotzil Muslims of Chiapas
- Muslim History Films, Muslims in Mexico
A small community of Muslim Tzotzils, an ethnic group descended from the Maya, live in the mountains of San Cristobal in Chiapas State, Mexico. New documentary Somos Musulmanes, tells their story and explores a fundamental period in late 20th century Mexican history.
- January 12, 2022
- Art In The Muslim World
From Islamic art history and traditional Muslim craft, to contemporary art and photography from Muslim artists, here are five films that present just some of variety in our visual arts of the Muslim world film collection.
- January 7, 2022
- Muriid
- Spiritual Cinema
Muriid is a moving and poetic tale about a young man committing to a spiritual path. It is a great Muslim antidote to all the new year commercial and social pressures to make grand changes to the way you live.
- January 5, 2022
- Alchemiya Favourites 2021
The best Muslim film, drama, movies and documentaries of 2021. Some Alchemiya team favourites
- December 31, 2021
- By Compass and Quran
- Australian Muslim History
Two documentaries about the little known story of the Muslim Camel drivers in Australia. By Compass and Quran is rich in social, historical and political detail while G’Day Cameleers is a great way to introduce this story to children.
- December 23, 2021
- Dervish: A Spiritual Sojourn
- Indian Sufi History
Documentary Dervish: A Spiritual Sojourn takes you on an epic quest through faith, music, architecture and history to rediscover the long lost Sufi Saint who instructed Hazrat Inayat Khan to unite the east and west through Sufism.
- December 23, 2021
- Muslim Female Filmakers
We look at Muslim female filmmakers on Alchemiya who are representing themselves and their communities, and highlighting the issues they care about through film, animation and documentary.
- December 22, 2021
- Muslim Female Filmakers
This special feature looks at Muslim female filmmakers who are redefining Muslim representation, raising challenging issues and overcoming barriers in the Film and Television industry. We talk to Lena Khan.
- December 16, 2021
- Made in Palestine
- Palestinian Cinema
Documentary, Made in Palestine, is about Palestinian kuffiyeh factory, Hirbawi Textiles in Hebron, the West Bank. Beautiful and moving, the film is a gentle mirror of Palestine’s struggle for statehood. We talk to filmmaker Mariam Dwedar.
- December 15, 2021
- Two and a Half Muslims
- Muslim Comedy
Canadian comedy drama series, Two and a Half Muslims, is a spiritual twist on a comedic classic. Funny and, educational, it makes you laugh, challenges preconceptions, and reminds us all how to be Muslim!
- December 10, 2021
- Jalal ad-Din Rumi
- Rumi On Film
Rumi is one of the Islamic world's greatest poets with a spiritual legacy for Muslims over seven centuries. We look at Rumi’s real biography and history in film and documentary, and take a trip to his shrine in Konya, Turkey.
- December 6, 2021
- Bab’Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
- Spiritual Cinema
Bab’Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is a meditative spiritual journey that feeds the soul. A triumphant illustration of the beauty of Islamic culture and Sufism.
- December 3, 2021
- Captain Abu Raed
- Arab Cinema
Jordanian film Captain Abu Raed is a brave and beautiful piece of work that won numerous awards on its release in 2007. We take a look at the film and talk to its director.
- December 3, 2021
- Malaysian Drama Series
This acclaimed and controversial Malaysian drama series explores faith, love, self-interest, fame, family and hypocrisy within the Muslim community.
- December 3, 2021
- Turkish Cinema
Turkish Director, Bekir Bulbul’s debut feature, My Short Words (Benim Küçük Sözlerim) is a gentle, family film about childhood and friendship. It is also about the fundamental essence of nature and the necessity of slowing down and contemplating its beauty while we can.
- December 3, 2021
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