This year, the renowned film festival appears to be addressing a world where films are made and consumed differently, while maintaining its legacy as the world's foremost arena for art cinema
[caption id="attachment_55238644" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iraqi's protest against Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Kirkuk, February 2013. Source: MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images).[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_55238551" align="alignnone" width="620"] Great mosque of Samarra, excavation photograph, 1911-13. Source: Juliet Highet[/caption]As the acrid dust dies down from the war in…
[caption id="attachment_55238497" align="alignnone" width="638"] Screen grab from the television adaptation of novel Huzur Sokağı shows protagonists Feyza (R) played by Selin Demiratar and Bilal,…
[caption id="attachment_55238477" align="alignnone" width="620"] “Execution Squares,” 2008. Source: Hrair Sarkissian[/caption]
There is a quality to early morning light that drains the drama from…
[caption id="attachment_55238329" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Majalla's first cover, edition No. 1 February 16-22 1980.[/caption]
Happy 33rd Birthday, The Majalla! On February 16, 1980, the…
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“You came here without any form of…
[caption id="attachment_55237686" align="alignnone" width="620"] Still from Jews of Egypt with Mounir Murad Source: Amir Ramses[/caption]There is no census that would give us the exact number of…
[caption id="attachment_55237637" align="alignnone" width="620"] T.E. Lawrence (left), better known as Lawrence Of Arabia, with American broadcaster and explorer Lowell Thomas, circa 1925.[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_55237567" align="alignnone" width="620"] Awateef Abu Malyana. Source: Ahmed El Amraoui[/caption]When Awateef Abu Malyana told her family about her wish to become a journalist,…
[caption id="attachment_55237508" align="alignnone" width="620"] Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Source: David Levenson/Getty Images[/caption]
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This year, the renowned film festival appears to be addressing a world where films are made and consumed differently, while maintaining its legacy as the world's foremost arena for art cinema
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