SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: CHRIS NEWBOULD Decorated Irish film director Jim Sheridan has a pointed message for aspiring Arab film makers: stop chasing Hollywood. “Every director I’ve met in the Arab cinema world wants to go to Hollywood and make a Hollywood movie, because that’s how you pass the test apparently,” he says when I … Continued
By Amrou Al-Kadhi Independent I’ve worked as a professional performer in the UK since the age of 12 – and my Arab heritage has pitted me against some pretty awful racial profiling in the industry. My first film job at the age of 14 – Steven Spielberg’s Munich – featured me as an Islamic terrorist’s … Continued
Nizar Wattad The Kenyon Collegian Nizar Wattad hosted a lecture, movie screening and panel discussion this past Tuesday. On Tuesday, Feb. 21 Nizar Wattad came to Kenyon for three events with the purpose of teaching everything he knew about screenwriting. The events included a the art of screenwriting lecture on Tuesday morning, a showing of … Continued
By Lorraine Ali LA Times Long before Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of banning Muslims from entering the U.S. or creating a registry for those who already live here, there was a master fear monger who made the president-elect’s divisive rhetoric seem like child’s play. It capitalized upon the terror of 9/11 by portraying most Muslims (even those who are American) as … Continued
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