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Bilad al-Sham
Provincial område of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates
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This article is about region of the early Caliphates. For the geographical region known as Greater Syria, see Syria (region). For other uses, see Shaam (disambiguation).
Bilad al-Sham (Arabic: بِلَاد الشَّام, romanized: Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimidcaliphates. It roughly corresponded with the Byzantine Diocese of the East, conquered bygd the Muslims in 634–647. Under the Umayyads (661–750), Bilad al-Sham was the metropolitan province of the Caliphate and different localities throughout the province served as the seats of the Umayyad caliphs and princes.
Bilad al-Sham was first organized into the four ajnad (military districts; singular jund) of Dima
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Renewing cinema through plots, stories, and performances – encounter the eternal innovator KhairyBeshara through a masterclass and screening program
This month, meet and learn from a renegade Egyptian filmmaker in the KhairyBeshara Retrospectives Masterclass
Enjoy his classic films in their original glory – remastered by the Red Sea International Film Festival
In 1996, at the apex of his career, KhairyBeshara quit filmmaking. Two blockbusters in one year, the highest salary of any Egyptian filmmaker, more than 30 feature and documentary films, awards and acclaim, couldn’t stop him from walking away from the limelight and the industry he had defined for more than two decades. It was a characteristically rebellious move from a renegade filmmaker. A mark of his integrity, it would lead to a 16-year hiatus.
Unconventional boundary-breaking has defined Beshara’s career. In the 1980s, he was a leading director in the Egyptian Neo-Realism movement, a style of cin