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Egypt: Death of Three Arab Cultural Icons

Lasto Adri · 22:18

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The Arab world lost three of its cultural icons in the spam of a month. They are Egyptians philosopher Dr Abdelwahab El Mesery and film maker Yousef Chahine and Palestinian poet Mahmood Darwish. Egyptian Blogger, ElGharep, or The Stranger, reflects on the loss in this post [Ar]. 0 comments · »»

Call for video journalists for You Tube Contest

Juliana Rincón Parra · 03:52

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You Tube's Citizen News channel has released a video promo for an upcoming citizen journalism contest. They will be receiving videos of less than 3 minutes in length, in English, of a video profile about someone in your community you believe should be known by the rest of the world. The prizes and other information will be released in September. 2 comments · »»

Morocco: Burgeoning Mollywood

Jillian York · 16:45

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Morocco has long been a mecca for foreign filmmakers. Iconic films like The Last Temptation of Christ and Lawrence of Arabia, as well as more recent films Rendition and Black Hawk Down, use Morocco as their backdrop. Other films like Babel utilize more than Morocco's landscape, taking its culture and people into account as well. Morocco's film industry hasn't escaped the blogosphere, reports Jillian York, on Mollywood. 2 comments · »»

Tube Adventure: A Bilingual Quest Game on YouTube

Juliana Rincón Parra · 05:27

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The popular Spanish YouTube channel Pinofas has created a novel project: it's an hero adventure quest live-action game that takes advantage of the new tagging, linking and commenting capabilities that YouTube has implemented, called Tube Adventure. 4 comments · »»

Egypt Silences the Voice of Iran

Marwa Rakha · 17:54

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Egyptian authorities shut down the Cairo office of an Iranian TV network over a film that justifies the killing of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic militants. Marwa Rakha sums up the opinions of Egyptian blogger Dina Ayoub about the incident in this post. 1 comment · »»

Arabeyes: Mourning Youssef Chahine

Jillian York · 17:27

Tributes are pouring in from bloggers from around the Middle East and North Africa, mourning the death of renowned Egyptian film maker Youssef Chahine. Born in Alexandria in 1926, Chahine has left behind a legacy, and millions of fans and followers across the region. 0 comments · »»

Saudi Arabia: What is the point of MBC Persia?

Ayesha Saldanha · 01:43

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MBC is a Saudi-run satellite television company, known across the Arab world for its entertainment channels as well as Al Arabiya news channel. It has just launched a new channel called MBC Persia, on which films are subtitled in Farsi. Saudi blogger Mohammed Abdullah Al Shahri wonders whether this initiative is really what is needed. 0 comments · »»

Syria: Nudity and Moral Decay

Amira Al Hussaini · 15:11

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How much nudity on television can be considered as art, and how much of it contributes to moral decay? Syrian blogger Emad [Ar] tries to answer this question in the following post. 7 comments · »»