In April 2018, Michigan State University held the Muslim Studies Program 11th Annual Conference and Film Fest with a special focus on “Locating Muslim Cinema(s): The Politics of Cultures and Identity.” MSU faculty Camelia Suleiman, Marc Bernstein, and Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai talk about the festival, films “The Nightingale’s Prayer” (Egypt 1959), “Close Up” (Iran 1990), and “Firaaq” (India 2008), and how 60 years of Muslim cinema(s) contribute to our understanding of Muslim cultures and society.
