Friday, January 4, 2008

Arab-American actor: Arab community should invested in its cinema to counter Arab stereotypes

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"Tony Shaloub, actor and producer of hit US show Monk, [...] said it was vital that the Arab community invested in its cinema to counte...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008

2007 Ten Moroccan Blockbuster Movies

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Les Anges de Satan (Satan's Angels), by Ahmed Boulane Nancy et le monstre (Nancy and the monster), by Mohamed Frites Parfum de mer (T...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Baghdad International Film Festival

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"French short film 'La Danse, l'art de la rencontre' (Dance and the Art of Encounters) won first prize at the four-day Bagh...

"Chaos" and "Lola": two striking movies presented at the Dubai International Film Festival

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"Some of the most interesting features at the 2007 Dubai International Film Festival were noncompetition films. Among them were two mov...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Lollywood: The Pakistani Hollywood

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Lollywood is the name given to the Pakistani film industry, which is based in the city of Lahore. Watch hereby a Lollywood's video:

Pakistani Movies

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"[...] In the 70s and early 80s, the [Pakistani movie] industry boasted eleven studios that produced over a hundred films annually. But...

A look at Pakistan Film Industry

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"Pakistan's film industry is often described as hapless. Dubbed 'Lollywood' for its base in the city of Lahore, it doesn...
Monday, December 24, 2007

Il était une fois dans l'Oued: A French-Algerian Comedy on Identity

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Il était une fois dans l'Oued (Once upon a time in the Oued) Director: Djamel Bensalah Script Writer: Djamel Bensalah and Abdelkrim Br...

Beur Blanc Rouge: A movie on Second generation Immigrants in Europe

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Beur Blanc Rouge Director: Mahmoud Zemmouri Script Writer: Mahmoud Zemmouri Cast: Yasmine Belmadi, Karim Belkhadra, Julien Courbey. Fatim...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Marock: A Moroccan Movie against Obscurantism

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Marock Director: Laila Marrakchi Script Writer: Laila Marrakchi Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Matthieu Boujenah, Razika Simozrag, Assad Bouad, Fa...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Egyptian actress opens café for women off-limits to unveiled and Christian females

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"An Egyptian veiled actress has stirred waves of anger, especially among Egyptian Copts, after opening a posh café for women that is of...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A new Moroccan cinema built on broken taboos

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"There are still plenty of taboos in Arab societies and most of them have to do with women. [...] "The strength of Latif Lahlou...