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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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Quelques secondes de glamour

May 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

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Cannes, quelques secondes de glamour
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Meme les vitrines s’y mettent (ici celle de Valentino)
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Tags: Arts & Culture · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Travel · Uncategorized · cinema

“Une affaire de nègres ”

May 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

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En 2000, à Cameroun, le commandement opérationnel d’une unité spéciale pour lutter contre le banditisme a fait, en un an plus, d’un millier de victimes dans la région Douala à l’Ouest du pays africain. Osvalde Lewat, réalisatrice du Cameroun, raconte cette histoire terrible dans son [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Photo · Profile · cinema · women

Madonna : Part Two

May 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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She was among the glamorous stars who walked along the famous red carpet. Madonna was in town for Cannes Festival to present her documentary about Malawi, the warm heart of Africa, (as she says), whose beats are beginning to fade away because of AIDS. She [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Photo · cinema

Les femmes du Sud se dévoilent

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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Their voices are strong, even if some times they have to cry louder to be heard in a male-dominated field. After all, it’s their passion for making movies that motivates the three women filmmakers. Tunisian Moufida Tlatli, Lebanese Nadin Labaki and Ingrid Sinclair from Zimbabwe [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Photo · cinema · women