Favorite Book/Movie set in Middle East

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Bachchah'hā-yi āsmān
Bachchah'hā-yi āsmān Children of heaven (DVD - 1999 - Persian)
Yadon ilaheyya
Yadon ilaheyya Divine intervention : a chronicle of love and pain (DVD - 2005 - Arabic)
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree By Ali, Tariq (Book - 1993)

Annotation:Though technically set in Granada, Spain, I'd argue that it qualifies due to the era in which the story takes place-- Tariq Ali's Shadows of The Pomegranate Tree.

Pillar of Fire
Pillar of Fire By Tarr, Judith (Book - 1995)

Annotation:It takes the Akhenaten-as-Moses hypothesis and runs with it.

The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights Tales of 1001 Nights. Volume 1, Nights 1 to 294 (Book - 2010, c2008)
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner By Hosseini, Khaled (Book - 2003)

Annotation:This book will stay with me for as long as I live.

Cairo Time
Cairo Time (DVD - 2010)

Annotation:Though whether or not Egypt is in the Middle East (seems debatable), the movie "Cairo Time" starring Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig is wonderful.

Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations By Howell, Georgina, 1942- (Book - 2007)

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