Titled 'Thief Of Baghdad', after a much-remade fantasy film from 1924, the exhibition in Beirut is replete with turbaned men, flying carpets, snake charmers and belly dancers. Photo: AFP
A pale woman rides through the desert, flanked by armed men on camels, a palace shimmering in the distance. This is Lebanon - or so someone thought in the 1950s.
At a Beirut cultural centre, Lebanese film buff Abboudi Abu Jawdeh is exhibiting vintage film posters from his collection that show off a lost art, but also offer insight into decades of Western cliches of the Arab world.
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