From Phones to Film: Sharjah Youth Festival Champions a New Generation of Digital-First Arab Storytellers

At this year’s Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, the next generation of Arab filmmakers isn’t waiting for permission to create. Armed with mobile phones, editing apps, and an evolving relationship with artificial intelligence, they’re redefining who gets to tell stories across the Middle East. For 14-year-old Fajer Saeed Alyileili from the emirate […]