Babel Med Music is extending its festival with a selection of films and documentaries about the different types of music in the world. They will be shown at Marseille’s Bibliothèque de l’Alcazar and the Hangar du J1 on March 16th to 18th. These free screenings will be part of the Écrans de Babel. …
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The call for applications of the Samir Kassir Award for Press Freedom has just been launched. Created in 2006 by the European Union, this award commemorates a Lebanese journalist and writer assassinated in 2005. The Award goes to journalists who report and uncover violations, violence, injustice, corruption or mismanagement, often at the risk of their …
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Jihad Abdo, or the story of a Syrian actor who fled his country and made a new life in Los Angeles. The name of Jihad Abdo may not mean much for non-Arabic speakers yet, this 54-year-old Syrian is a very famous actor across the whole Arab world, with more than 40 feature films to his …
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On December 10th, during the Dubai Film Festival, it was confirmed an Arab Film Institute will be created to promote Arab films. The project was launched by Lebanese producer Paul Badoudjian, who explained the idea had been germinating “for 10 months”. The aim is for the new Institute (AFI) to be both a platform where …
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In early December a Lebanese court ordered the satellite operator Arabsat, based in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), to resume transmitting Al Manar TV, which it had cut off in December 2015. In an action brought by Al Manar’s management, Hassan Hamdane, the Lebanese judge for urgent affairs, ruled that Arabsat must reopen Al Manar‘s signal on …
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The 20th Festival of the Mediterranean in Images ended with acclaim for Silvia Munt’s La Granja del Pas, winner of the Grand Prix “Mediterranean Issues”. We look back at a week full of highlights, memorable particularly for the enthusiastic participation of high school students from all over the Mediterranean. A total of 6,000 spectators came …
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