Habibi was equal parts incredible artistic achievement and disturbing Orientalist fairy tale. The art is truly impressive, and the story of Dodola and Habibi is compelling. However, there are also lots of troubling race and gender issues at play here, not to mention a fairly condescending view of religion. Parts of it were beautiful and genuinely moving, but it was definitely a mixed bag. I wanted to love Habibi the way I loved Blankets, but Blankets was the total package, and Habibi has too many issues to rise to that same level.