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=== Middle East and North Africa === Hindi films have become popular in [[Arab world|Arab countries]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/bollywood-films-gaining-popularity-in-gulf-countries/articleshow/2121632.cms|title=Bollywood films gaining popularity in Gulf countries|date=8 October 2006|access-date=21 November 2008|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> and imported Indian films are usually subtitled in Arabic when they are released. Bollywood has progressed in [[Israel]] since the early 2000s, with channels dedicated to Indian films on cable television;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041116/world.htm|title=Indian films swamp Israel|date=16 November 2004|access-date=21 November 2008|work=The Tribune|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> [[MBC Bollywood]] and [[Zee Aflam]] show Hindi movies and serials.<ref>{{cite web|title = Bollywood craze grows ever stronger with audiences in the Middle East {{!}} The National|url = https://www.thenational.ae/uae/bollywood-craze-grows-ever-stronger-with-audiences-in-the-middle-east|website = The National|date = 11 March 2014|location=Abu Dhabi|access-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref> In Egypt, Bollywood films were popular during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1987, however, they were restricted to a handful of films by the [[Egyptian government]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Living the spectacle: Why Egyptians worship Bollywood β Entertainment β Arts & Culture β Ahram Online|url = https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/0/127435/Arts--Culture/0/Living-the-spectacle-Why-Egyptians-worship-Bollywo.aspx|website = english.ahram.org.eg|access-date = 2 December 2015|archive-date = 8 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082627/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/0/127435/Arts--Culture/0/Living-the-spectacle-Why-Egyptians-worship-Bollywo.aspx|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Bollywood Rides Back to Egypt on Chennai Express|url = https://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/09/30/bollywood-rides-back-to-egypt-on-chennai-express/|website = WSJ Blogs β Middle East Real Time|date = 30 September 2013|access-date = 2 December 2015|first = Matt|last = Bradley|archive-date = 8 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071607/http://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/09/30/bollywood-rides-back-to-egypt-on-chennai-express/|url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Amitabh Bachchan]] has remained popular in the country<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt's Amitabh Bachchan mania|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Egypts-Amitabh-Bachchan-mania/articleshow/1315446.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 December 2005}}</ref> and Indian tourists visiting Egypt are asked, "Do you know Amitabh Bachchan?"<ref name="bollywoodlife" /> Bollywood movies are regularly screened in Dubai cinemas, and Bollywood is becoming popular in Turkey; ''[[Barfi!]]'' was the first Hindi film to have a wide theatrical release in that country.<ref>{{cite web|title = Barfi! making inroads for Bollywood in Turkey {{!}} The National|url = https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/barfi-making-inroads-for-bollywood-in-turkey|website = The National|location = Abu Dhabi|access-date = 2 December 2015|archive-date = 13 August 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160813041642/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/barfi-making-inroads-for-bollywood-in-turkey|url-status = dead}}</ref> Bollywood also has viewers in Central Asia (particularly [[Uzbekistan]]<ref>{{cite news |date=24 October 1998 |title=World: Bollywood stirs Uzbek passions |quote=Indian films are known for their all singing all dancing formula. |author=Louise Hidalgo |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/200689.stm |access-date=18 May 2009 |work= BBC News}}</ref> and [[Tajikistan]]).<ref>{{cite news|date=23 June 2004 |title=Bollywood bowls Tajiks over |work=BBC News|author1=Monica Whitlock |author2=Rahim Rahimian |name-list-style=amp |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3834295.stm |access-date=18 May 2009}}</ref>
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