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How to write an excellent individual paper?

1- CHOOSE TWO or THREE films from the list of films available and compare them. Choose your films from at least TWO different national cinemas (ex. Algerian and Palestinian; Egyptian and Tunisian, etc.).
LIST OF FILMS
Egypt:
Youssef Chahine, The Sixth Day (1986)
Youssef Chahine, Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
Youssef Chahine, Destiny (1997)
Khaled Marei, Bittersweet (2010)
Mohammad Khan, Before the Summer Crowds (2016)
Tunisia:
Ferid Boughedir, Halfaouine (1990)
Moufida Tlatli, The Silences of the Palace (1994)
Nouri Bouzid, Making Of (2006)
Morocco:
Nabil Ayouch, Ali Zaoua (2000)
Ismail Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage (2004)
Nabil Ayouch, Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
Algeria:
Nadir Moknèche, Viva Laldjérie (2004)
Rachid Bouchareb, Indigènes (2006)
Mehdi Charef, Cartouches Gauloises (2007)
Palestine:
Michel Khleifi, Wedding in Galilee (1987)
Elia Suleiman, The Time that Remains (2009)
Hani Abou Assad, Omar (2013)
Lebanon:
Randa Chahal-Sabbagh, The Kite (2002)
Nadine Labaki, Where Do We Go Now (2012)
Nadine Labaki, Capernaum (2018)
Yemen and Saudi Arabia:
Badr Ben Hirsi, A New Day in Old Sanaa (2005)
Haifaa al-Mansour, Wajda (2012)
Mahmoud Sabbagh, Baraka Meets Baraka (2016)
North American Diaspora:
Ruba Nadda, Cairo Time (2009)
Cherin Daabis, Amreeka (2009)
Cherin Daabis, May in the Summer (2013)

2- CHOOSE a topic (children, women, borders, etc.). If you are short of ideas for a topic, please review class notes for guidance. Focus on this topic when you watch the movies and when you compare styles, characters, and themes.

3- READ scholarly references on the movies and the topics (at least THREE sources of reference are required). You may include readings on Arab cinema. Internet can be used as an extra source of reference. Recent books are recommended.

4- PLAN your paper before writing. Identify 3 or 4 major ideas you want to discuss. Under each major idea, identify a number of sub-ideas to be developed in the same paragraph. Order your ideas following a clear and logical structure. Create links between the ideas.

5- REMEMBER: Opinions without argumentation are not productive. To submit an excellent research paper, you must analyze, discuss, and argue using scholarly references and the analytical approaches discussed in class.

6- PAPER should be 10 pages in addition to the cover page with title and name, and the bibliography. Format: TIMES 12, double space.

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