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This research examines the impact of Gulf countries’ cinema policies on Arab cultural expression.

April 4, 2026

From Soft Power to the Appropriation of Arab Cinema: Gulf Countries’ Cinema Policies

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This research examines the impact of Gulf countries’ cinema policies on Arab cultural expression.
Analysis of cultural policies in Gulf countries
Evaluation of cinema's role in cultural appropriation
Assessment of audience engagement and meanings
Cultural policies have significantly shaped Gulf cinema
Increased scholarly attention to cinema's global and local impact
Evolving perceptions of Arab cultural identity through cinema

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ABSTRACT: Starting with music in the 1980s (Ulaby and Frishkopf 2010), then with literature and the development of museums in the 2000s (Bouchenaki 2010), cultural policies led by the oil- and gas-rich countries of the Arab Peninsula have gradually drawn quite a lot of academic and intellectual attention. Scholars have taken part in some of these cultural manifestations, advised about others, and tried to evaluate their audiences, their meaning locally and globally and their footprint within the recent evolutions of Arab culture (Mermier and Yégavian 2017).

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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69d0aefd659487ece0fa4eef — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tmr.00030

From Soft Power to the Appropriation of Arab Cinema: Gulf Countries’ Cinema Policies

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