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Bollywood's latest experiment, Krrish, will go head-to-head with Hollywood's Superman Returns in Indian cinema houses.
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Controversial
Mideast play to be performed in NY
June
22, 2006
NEW YORK - A play about an American human
rights activist who died in the Gaza
Strip will open in New York in October, six months after it was
pulled from the schedule at another theater amid charges of
censorship.
Source: Reuters via Yahoo! News
Pay-Per-View
Offered Free to All!
June
22, 2006
JEDDAH - As World Cup frenzy is in full
swing, Mansour Jadani, a coffee shopowner in Jeddah’s Al-Faisaliah
neighborhood, has done a service to local expat workers. He set up a
big-screen television on the patio of his business.
Source: Arab News
Turkey
orders scholars to purge key Islamic text of 'misogyny'
June
21, 2006
ANKARA - Turkish theologians are studying
the hadith, a collection of sayings by the Prophet Mohammed, to weed
out passages seen as advocating violence or hatred against women, a
senior official said on Tuesday. Mehmet Gormez, deputy head of the
religious affairs directorate, said that many words attributed to the
Prophet, including those discriminating against women, had been
fabricated over the centuries.
Source: AFP via Middle East Times
Fete
de la Musique set to serenade Beirut
June
21, 2006
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Egyptian Actress Hanan Turk maintains her recent decision to wear hijab was seven years in the making.
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BEIRUT - A celebration of live music, a
diversity of sounds both professional and amateur, a slew of free
concerts. These are the basic tenets of the global Fete de la Musique,
which is taking over various venues throughout Beirut, starting this
afternoon.
Source: The Daily Star
Bollywood
launches its superhero
June
21, 2006
Mumbai - Dressed in chic black attire and
face covered with a trendy mask, he runs like the wind, leaps over
treetops and skyscrapers and fights evil forces with the help of his
supernatural powers. He is Bollywood's very own superhero, in the film
Krrish which will hit Indian screens a week before Hollywood's
Superman Returns makes its debut.
Source: BBC News
Egyptian
novelist barred from Cairo premiere of film adaptation
June
20, 2006
CAIRO - The Egyptian author of a
best-selling novel about corruption said he had been barred from
attending the Cairo premiere of the book's film version because of his
politics.
Source: AFP via Yahoo! News
Daring
Egyptian actress dons headscarf, calls Iran 'role model'
June
16, 2006
CAIRO - Young Egyptian actress
Hanan Turk, known for her daring roles in a conservative society,
caused a stir when she recently called Iranian cinema a "role
model" and donned the Islamic headscarf.
Source: AFP via Middle East Times
