Saeed Taji Farouky

Saeed Taji Farouky is the director of I See The Stars At Noon and the co-founder of the films production company Tourist With A Typewriter. He is a freelance journalist and photographer.

Palestinian cinema: comedy in conflict

"Hello? Can I speak to Kofi Anan?" a Palestinian man asks, holding a shoe to his ear. He's performing impromptu street theatre to the crowd gathered

By Saeed Taji Farouky

/ 18 May 2006

Deserted in Western Sahara

Thirty years since the declaration of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic the people of this "non-country" are still waiting for peaceful independence and expecting war. Saeed Taji Farouky

By Saeed Taji Farouky

/ 6 Mar 2006

Listening to Istanbul

In Crossing the Bridge, German-born director Fatih Akin returns to his native Turkey to film a documentary exploration of Istanbul's contemporary music. He travels with German musician Alexander

By Saeed Taji Farouky

/ 24 Feb 2006

Shadowplay in Dubai

On the opening night of the second annual Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), I stood, blinking in the beam of the spotlights and flashbulbs, trying to figure out why the

By Saeed Taji Farouky

/ 21 Dec 2005

I See The Stars At Noon: filming Moroccos emigration hunger

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By Saeed Taji Farouky

/ 27 Oct 2005

Saeed Taji Farouky

Palestinian cinema: comedy in conflict

Deserted in Western Sahara

Listening to Istanbul

Shadowplay in Dubai

I See The Stars At Noon: filming Morocco&#146;s emigration hunger

I See The Stars At Noon: filming Moroccos emigration hunger