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On December 4th the Saudi satellite television operator Arabsat stopped transmitting Al Manar, a private Lebanese television channel. The plugs were pulled in the middle of an interview with the leader of the Arab Democratic Party, Shaker Al Berjawi, who was criticizing the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Hezbollah, Al Manar’s …
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The 15th Beirut International Film Festival opened on October 7th with a screening of Mark Osborne’s “The Little Prince”. The Festival continued until October 15th, closing with Davis Guggenheim’s “He Named Me Malala”. 80 films from 28 countries were on the programme, divided into four sections: two official competitions, one for Middle Eastern documentaries and …
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On June 2nd the Samir Kassir Award was presented in Beirut. Organized by the European Union in conjunction with the Samir Kassir Foundation, this award has been presented every year since 2006, a year after the murder of famous journalist and Lebanese academic. Its aim is to promote quality journalism, informed and independent, which reflects …
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In 2012 Euromed hosted a round table on the Lebanese film industry and its productions. Although the Lebanon is reputed to be the second country for Arab cinema after Egypt, the films produced there are still struggling to get shown either locally or internationally. At that meeting Ghassan Abou Chacra, a film industry consultant to …
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According to a statement from France Media Monde, the group is strengthening its presence in the Lebanon. With the support of the Lebanese French Institute, a series of agreements was concluded during a visit to Beirut in early April by Marie-Christine Saragosse, chair and CEO of France Media Monde and Marc Saikali, director of France …
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