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Lesh Sabreen?
A journey in young Arab Jerusalemites lives
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 Set in a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem, 'Lesh Sabreen?' tells the story of two young lovers as they navigate dreams and dead-ends in their socially-conservative and Israeli-controlled community. The film illustrates the several layers of authority, from the patriarchal social norms and taboos, to economic pressures and the military occupation, continually facing young Arab Jerusalemites.
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| Pakistan bans a spoof Indian 'bin laden' film |
| Pakistani officials are reviewing a decision to ban an Indian Bollywood comedy poking fun at Osama bin Laden, which censors said was a threat to security and offensive to Muslims.
Pakistani censors banned "Tere bin Laden" (Without you, Laden) shortly before it was due to open at cinemas nationwide this month
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| Halal make-up.. now available! |
| A Muslim businesswoman has launched Britain's first range of halal make-up, free from alcohol and animal products.
Samina Akhter set up Samina Pure Make-up from her home in Birmingham after questioning the ingredients of many High Street make-up products.
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Missing the boat
Skewed responses to Israel's attack on Gaza Flotilla |
Dan Lieberman
Much has been said, but too much is missing from the reactions to
Israel's attack on the Gaza flotilla. Start with terrorism.
Omitted from discussions of the ‘pirate type' action is that Israel has
once again swelled the terrorist ranks. The world's principal
manufacturer of terrorists has assured itself relative immunity from
terrorist actions by walls, fences, blockades, assassinations and ‘shoot
to kill' confrontations. This is not true for the rest of the world
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| American Arab will bring Arab culture to Miss Universe Contest |
Ray Hanania
For years, Arabs have wondered why more Arab countries have not participated in the Miss Universe competition showcasing the beauty of the Arab Woman. There are 22 Arab countries yet only two had the courage (or pride in their women) to field entrants in last year's Miss Universe Contest, which was held in the Bahamas, where string bikinis replace car bombs and women are truly free.
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Book review
Does Israel have a Future? |
 The Jewish people are in greater danger than ever before. Given the debacle in Iraq, many Americans who had not taken a serious interest in the Middle East have begun asking themselves, What are we doing wrong? Why do we keep misreading the signals coming from that part of the world? This crusial question and many many more are the topics of "Does Israel have a future? The case for a post-zionist state" by author Prof. Constance Hilliard
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| Peace through education |
Maher Farraj
The Palestinians and the Israelis have been living side by side, in good and in bad for the last 60 or more years. Both systems, especially the educational system have nothing in common, not even a breath of cooperation.
Both nations have lived through out the years of war and peace-to come- in a political turmoil, and due to a serious ... |
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| Turkey's new wave cinema tackles difficult topics |
Asuman Suner
When Turkish director Semih Kaplanoğlu's film Honey won the Golden Bear award in the 2010 Berlin Film Festival this February, international film critics turned their attention to Turkish cinema.
Honey is the final part of Kaplanoğlu's trilogy, which narrates three stages of the life of a man in reverse chronological order. Alluding to religious myths and rituals, the three films address universal issues concerning human existence, such as the meaning of life and ... |
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| Pakistan schoolboy expelled for getting married |
| A Pakistani pupil has been expelled from his private school for getting married on the sly because teachers believe marital relations are inappropriate playground talk.
Ghairat Khan, a bearded seventh grader, is registered as 13 years old and attends classes at the English-language Peshawar Model ... |
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| Pregnancy symptoms |
Dr. Mohsen Saffar
The gynecologist was confused when he saw Saeed entering his office unexpectedly and unaccompanied by a woman. The doctor asked what brought him to a gynecologist.
"I feel that I have pregnancy symptoms," Saeed said.
"What? What pregnancy are you talking about? When do men get pregnant? You must be joking?" the doctor asked Saeed surprisingly.
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