Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File, 2010

Wael Shawky
Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File, 2010
Digital video, colour
31 minutes
Arabic with English subtitles
Film still

Synopsis

Inspired by Amin Maalouf’s The Crusades Through Arab Eyes written in 1986, Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File offers a view on the history of the Crusades, retracing events that unfolded over a period of four years (1096-1099) and played a key role in subsequent historical developments, shaking to the core the Arab world and its relations with the West.

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