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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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Les femmes du Sud se dévoilent

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

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 unravelled their experiences and their views, in the “Pavillon du […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Photo · cinema · women

Lebanon’s Fadlallah calls for dialogue with Fitna filmmaker

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Published on TheEarthTimes 
Lebanon’s high-ranking Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Mohammed Hussien Fadlallah called Thursday for dialogue with Dutch politician Geert Wilders regarding his anti-Islam film “Fitna.””We are ready to enter into dialogue with the Dutch politicians, especially with Geert Wilders, to explain to them the understandings of Islam and the Koran regarding violence,” Fadlallah said. Fadlallah […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Religion · Society · cinema

Persépolis autorisé

March 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Après une campagne médiatique marathon menée par la presse libanaise, nous allons donc pouvoir nous rendre au cinéma voir ce film, comme dans tous les pays civilisés de ce monde.
Une bonne nouvelle, c’est tellement rare.
Cheers

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Persepolis, de Marjane Satrapi, interdit a Beyrouth…

March 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Les foudres de la censure qui se sont abattues sur le film d’animation de Marjane Satrapi, Persépolis, ont suscité une vive polémique hier à Beyrouth.

Sollicité par L’Orient-Le Jour, le ministre de la Culture Tarek Mitri a affirmé sans ambages qu’il était « contre la censure » par principe et qu’il allait « se battre » […]

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