{"id":6563,"date":"2023-12-05T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=6563"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:20:10","slug":"middle-eastern-film-posters-lobby-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/middle-eastern-film-posters-lobby-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Eastern Film Posters & Lobby Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Middle Eastern Film Posters & Lobby Cards Collection<\/a> is a digital collection launched by Princeton University Library to make available their Arabic Movie Posters and Lobby Cards collection to worldwide scholars. Acquired in Lebanon in 2008, the collection includes 1,748 posters, and 768 lobby cards produced mostly in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. At the time of our visit, the digital collection included 1,646 items which represents a large proportion of the overall collection, and newly digitized items keep being added to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The digital collection can be navigated in two ways. The left-hand side filters allow visitors to limit their search by place of origin, genre or date of creation. The categories accessible via the vignettes below allow to access the materials sorted by both genre and geographical origin:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Within each category, results can be displayed either in a list or a table form, and sorted by title, author, and date (ascending\/descending).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When opening an item, the page will show the high resolution image and a succinct description at the bottom. For more information about the document, visitors can expand the right-hand side panel. Images can be displayed full-screen, enlarged and reduced, downloaded (as jpeg, tiff or pdf) or shared via a link.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We encourage users to read carefully the Statement on Harmful Content<\/a> and the Rights and Permissions<\/a> page as they contain important information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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