AL JAZEERA HOSTS EVENT MATCHING FILMMAKERS WITH KEY PLAYERS

Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days [Al Jazeera] Fri 16 September 2022: AJ Documentary Industry Days aims to bring stories from regions that are often underreported, its founder says. Al Jazeera Documentary organised a new international project – Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days – in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The region’s first-of-its-kind event marked its conclusion […]

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ONLINE BACKLASH OVER ISRAELI ‘SUPERHERO’ SABRA APPEARING IN MARVEL FILM

Mon 12 September 2022: Marvel announced on Saturday that it will feature an Israeli “superhero” in its upcoming Captain America: New World Order film. The Israeli superhero first debuted in the pages of Marvel Comics in 1980 in The Incredible Hulk and is called Sabra. She has several superhuman powers and is the first superhuman […]

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NO MUSLIMS APPEAR IN MOST TOP TV SHOWS, AND ACTORS PORTRAY MUSLIMS NEGATIVELY STEREOTYPED: STUDY

Mon 12 September 2022:  Muslim actors are virtually in the shadows on major television shows, according to a study released Wednesday by the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.  The report looked at the 200 top-rated television series from 2018 and 2019 that aired in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand and […]

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CHAIR LEFT EMPTY AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL FOR JAILED IRANIAN DIRECTOR

Fri 09 September 2022: An empty chair stood in for Iranian director, Jafar Panahi, at Venice on Friday as the festival hosted the world premiere of his latest movie “No Bears” while the acclaimed film-maker languishes in jail back home, Reuters reports. Panahi was arrested in Tehran in July and is serving a six-year prison sentence after being […]

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GULF ARAB COUNTRIES DEMAND NETFLIX TO REMOVE ‘OFFENSIVE’ CONTENT OR RISK FACING LEGAL ACTION

Wed 07 September 2022: Arab nations have demanded that Netflix remove any material that they perceive to be against “Islamic and societal values” in the area. These demands appear to be directed at shows that include gay and lesbian characters. In an unified statement on Tuesday, the Gulf Cooperation Council demanded adherence to its standards […]

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‘ANTI-MUSLIM IN ITS SOUL’: A BOYCOTT HURTS BOLLYWOOD’S AAMIR KHAN

Wed 31 August 2022: Laal Singh Chaddha, the latest Aamir Khan film, has flopped at the box office amid a boycott campaign by right-wing groups. New Delhi, India – In early August, Aamir Khan, one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, made a public declaration of love for India designed to counter a virtual campaign being waged against him […]

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US COLONEL BLOCKED BUSLOADS OF AMERICANS, ALLIES DURING THE EVACUATION OF KABUL: DOCUMENTARY

Sun 28 August 2022: It has been a year since US troops abandoned their posts in Afghanistan, handing the country over to the Taliban. US forces, its allies, and countless other dependents were left battling Taliban during the complex withdrawal. A documentary has now revealed that a US Army colonel prevented the evacuation of several […]

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MY “BIGGER REGRETS” IS THAT I WAS NOT RAISED AROUND “MUSLIM PEOPLE”, SUPERMODEL BELLA HADID

Thu 25 August 2022: Bella Hadid has walked the runway for numerous leading luxury brands and has headlined major fashion events and weeks all over the world. But she acknowledges that being closer to her Muslim roots is the one thing she misses the most. In a new interview with GQ magazine, the supermodel, who […]

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