Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer tackled the question of Hollywood’s portrayal of Arab people in a talk on identity and storytelling at the Doha Film Festival on Tuesday.

The pair were guests of the new festival, spearheaded by Qatar’s Doha Film Institute as an extension of its work focused on nurturing talent and films from the MENA region and Arab diaspora.

The inaugural edition, which comes amid an increasingly flourishing independent film scene across the region, kicked off with a high-powered industry event announcing new partnerships b etween Qatar’s Film Committee and the likes of Neon, Department M, Sony, Miramax and Company 3.

In response to a question on whether this activity could have a positive impact on the way in which Hollywood portrays Arabs and Muslims, both Youssef and

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