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After last year’s edition was postponed amid the pandemic, the event returns in person with a crowd-pleasing lineup brimming with stories of community. ....
Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants RENATA BRITO and BERNAT ARMANGUÉ, Associated Press May 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 14 1of14Moroccans, including many that have been in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since before the border crisis, wait at the border to return voluntarily to their home country, Thursday, May 20, 2021.Bernat Armangue/APShow MoreShow Less 2of14Local resident Aisha Ali Mohammed, 75, sorts through donated clothes to be later distributed among migrants, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Residents of Spain’s multiethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Madrid and Rabat shakes up.Bernat Armangue/APShow MoreShow Less ....
How Arab films triumphed at the first online Berlinale Covid-19 may have forced this major festival to go virtual but this year’s Berlinale was its best, showcasing the largest collection from the Middle East in its history Bear trophies on display for the 2021 Berlinale (AFP) By Published date: 16 March 2021 12:29 UTC | Last update: 2 weeks 1 day ago Regulars at the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) in recent years are used to a number of sights and sensations: the sinister cold shrouding the ultra-touristic Potsdamer Platz where the fest is held; an eclectic ensemble of journalists and critics pressed against one another waiting for shots of coffee; food trucks hawking expensive snacks for guileless guests and the incessant search for comfortable seating in bustling cinemas. That’s all in addition to the affable atmosphere of Berlin itself - the new European capital of art. ....
Souad Review: Religious Conservatism Clashes With Social Media in Egyptian Drama Souad Review: Religious Conservatism Clashes With Social Media in Egyptian Drama A vibrant young woman north of Cairo is trapped between conflicting modes of comportment, with religion on one side and social media on the other. Jay Weissberg, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Ayten Amin With: Bassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hager Mahmoud, Sarah Shedid, Carol Ackad, Mona Elnamoury, Islam Shalaby, Nayera El Dahshoury. (Arabic dialogue) Running time: Running time: 98 MIN. Courtesy of Berlin Film Festival There are two gods in “Souad,” Allah and smart phones, but in a battle between the two it’s clear who’ll be the winner. Ayten Amin’s bold second feature is brilliantly alive to the contradictions of teenage life in conservative Egypt, where the pressures of social media clash with traditional religious strictures, leading to sc ....