Celebrate the rich history and culture of Arab Americans and Arab Canadians this April with Kanopy’s inspiring collection. From achievements to challenges, these stories are educational and inspiring. Stream the collection at kanopy.com/category/78249.
A promising Middle Eastern American writer—now an adjunct college professor—is forced to reckon with a system that treats him as expendable. Played by writer-director Ron Najor, Amer grapples with creeping disillusionment and the unraveling of personal purpose amid academic precarity. Told with understated honesty and resilience, his struggle becomes a quietly powerful meditation on identity and reinvention in a world that prizes flexibility over commitment.
Five Muslim Americans, each once an immigrant and now a naturalized citizen, are forced to contend with a changing world in the Age of Trump. American Muslim chronicles five diverse Muslims in New York City, telling the stories of an Indonesian Imam in Jamaica, a Bengali small business owner in Ozone Park, a Yemeni activist in Ditmas Park, a Palestinian community organizer in Bay Ridge, and an Algerian mosque director in Sunset Park. Together they create a composite portrait of Muslim life today.
Aber’s father was deported when she was 16. Now, she’s a community organizer leading a sanctuary city initiative in New York. Khadega is an 18-year-old Sudanese immigrant living in Michigan. While she feels compelled to advocate for her community, she struggles to overcome society’s expectations of her and find her own way. Ameena is a civil rights lawyer in California, but as a mother, she’s conflicted between caring for her three young children or sacrificing her time with them to fight for change.
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival was Jordan’s Official Entry for Best International Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
How can you rebuild your life when you lose both a parent and your homeland forever at the age of 8? Nadia Nadim, whose father was killed by the Taliban in 2000, has embarked on such a quest. Her incredible journey – from her family’s escape from war-torn Kabul to reaching the pinnacle of international soccer fame – is the stirring story that unfolds in the feature-length documentary, Nadia.
