Khaldoun H. Shami

Khaldoun H. Shami
Khaldoun Shami, Saorla McCabe, Craig LaMay and Gretchen King at Aljazeera Forum
at Aljazeera Media Forum
OccupationAcademic
AwardsVice-Governor of Jakarta Award in Relief (Indonesia).

The National Seminar on Media Award in Documentary Film (Kuala Lumpur).

The University of Jordan Excellence Award (Amman).
Academic background
EducationDoctor of Philosophy
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia; Brunel University London
InfluencesDziga Vertov, Michel Foucault, Georges Trabichi, Jean-Luc Godard
Academic work
DisciplineDocumentary Film, Alternative Radio
Sub-disciplineSecularism, Minorities, Militarism
InstitutionsUniversity of East Anglia

Khaldoun H. Shami (in Syriac / Aramaic: ܟ̣ܠܕܘܢ ܫܐܡܝ)[1] is an academic and filmmaker. He is a lecturer and researcher in documentary film at University of East Anglia, Norwich.[2] His research interests include secularism, minorities and militarism. Shami's doctorate thesis represents one of the earliest studies on the treatment of secularism in Middle Eastern cinema and TV channels, where secularism is a controversial societal issue.[3] Shami is the director of the documentary film Secular | AaLaMaNi (2023), wherein a cohort of filmmakers from Lebanon, Tunisia, Palestine and Jordan expound upon their perspectives regarding a Middle Eastern secularism.[4]

  1. ^ "Khaldoun H. Shami". ARWAD. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. ^ "Khaldoun H. Shami". University of East Anglia. Archived from the original on 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. ^ Shami, Khaldoun (July 2022). Secularism in Middle Eastern Documentaries: Filmmakers’ Views, Productions, Industrial Challenges, Limitations and Censorship (doctoral thesis). University of East Anglia. School of Art, Media and American Studies. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. ^ "Secular AaLaMaNi". SECULAR | AA'LA'MA'NI. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

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