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Iranian Film Director Jafar Panahi's latest film, "Offside" challenges the country's religious authorities to remove a ban on allowing women into sports events.
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Christie's
first Mideast art auction garners 8.5 million dollars
May 25, 2006
Dubai - Christie's held its first-ever art
auction in the Middle East this week in Dubai, bringing in almost 8.5
million dollars with Indian art fetching the highest bids, the auction
house said. The event, held in a ballroom at one of Dubai's most
luxurious hotels, was attended by about 500 bidders with more than 120
works of art from the Arab world, Iran, India, Pakistan and the West
on offer, according to Christie's…
Source: Yahoo! News
Afghanistan's
new anthem only available on CD
May 24, 2006
KABUL - It's finally official: Afghanistan's new national anthem was played in
Kabul earlier this month, thereby replacing the old version and becoming a
formal symbol of national unity…
Source: Middle East Times
Iranian
director gets red card for 'Offside' flick
May 24, 2006
Tehran -
Prominent Iranian film director Jafar Panahi
has again fallen foul of the Islamic republic's censors, this time
with a light-hearted critique of a ban on women going to football
matches. The film, entitled "Offside", depicts a group of
girls who disguise themselves as boys in a bid to illicitly watch
their national side qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.
Source: The Daily Star
Multi-Lingual
Film Defies Stereotypes
May 23, 2006
A film in
four languages and set on different continents has become the strong
favourite to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival…
Source: BBC News
Egypt
new-look movies making waves at Cannes
May
23, 2006
Cannes
- Egyptian cinema is making waves at this year's
Cannes film market with a handful of audacious new-look movies exploring the
region's social and political problems which are helping to fan
Islamic fundamentalism.
Source: Middle East
Online
Nancy
Ajram Wows Fans in Bahrain
May 20, 2006
Manama - Lebanese singer
Nancy Ajram wowed fans in BahrainThursday night when she sang to a packed hall, scoring her second
successful performance in Bahrain in almost three years despite Islamist MPs efforts to stop the
event…
Source: Arab News
Centuries-Old
Jewish Holy Book Reprinted in Bosnia
May 19, 2006
Sarajevo - A centuries-old Jewish holy book
that survived the Spanish inquisition, the Nazi Holocaust and Bosnia's 1992-95 war has been reprinted in limited editions, a
Sarajevo publisher said on Thursday…
Source: Middle East Times
