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The New Arab •

2022 Cannes Film Festival: MENA films to look out for

The annual Cannes Film Festival, which previews new films from across the globe, is set to commence on Tuesday in the French Riviera, running until 28 May.

The famed festival will showcase a number of highly anticipated films, including ones from the Middle East and North Africa region.

Two Iranian films will be competing for the grand Palme D’Or prize, directed by Saeed Roustayi and by Ali Abbasi.

The former tells the story of 40-year-old Leila, played by Taraneh Alidoosti, who spends her li
The New Arab •

NGOs urge investigation into killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Several NGOs are calling for an independent investigation into the killing of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot by Israeli forces on Wednesday as she was covering a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin for television network .

Abu Akleh, considered an icon in the Arab world for her journalism, was rushed to hospital, where she died soon after.

The UK-based National Union of Journalists, among other organisations, condemned Abu Akleh’s killing and called on
The New Arab •

French TV slammed for 'sensationalist' report on Muslims

A French TV programme about "the dangers of radical Islam" has come under fire on social media for its ‘Islamophobic’ and divisive undertones.

French channel aired an episode of investigative show ‘Zone Interdite’ (Forbidden Zone) that examined the "spread" of Islam in France, with a focus on Roubaix, a town close to the French-Belgian border.

The programme's team was embedded with French intelligence, who followed and monitored individuals suspected of being "extremists".

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BBC •

Bilingual, and want to be a journalist? What it's like as a BBC World Service trainee

Any aspiring journalist dreams of working at the BBC, for it is the crème de la crème of all broadcasters, at least in my opinion.

I had heard of the Future Voices scheme long before I found myself applying for it on a cold March evening in my mother’s living room until the early hours of the morning.

During one of my journalism lectures my professor mentioned that a former student got his start at the BBC on the same scheme, and presently works as a senior broadcast journalist for the Somali

My Videos

Middle East Eye •

Qatari woman’s asylum journey to Britain gone viral

A Qatari woman, Noof Al Maadeed’s TikTok video detailing her journey from Qatar to the UK as an asylum seeker, has gone viral.

Al Maadeed is now based in London, and uses her social media pages as a platform for giving advice on asylum seeking and immigration, as well as discussing women’s rights in Qatar.

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Ramadan: British MP fasts along with Muslim constituents for a week

Paul Bristow, British MP for Peterborough, is fasting for a week during Ramadan and vlogging his experience.

He says he wants to have a better understanding of the practice observed by many Muslims in his constituency and around the world.

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US: Muslim call to prayer broadcast publicly in Minneapolis in ‘historic’ first

The Muslim call to prayer, the Athan, is now being publicly broadcast in the US city of Minneapolis for the first time.

It will be broadcast five times a day during the month of Ramadan to provide the city’s Muslim minority a sense of normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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"The NHS was built, sustained, and is made up of immigrants”

Muslim doctors have been among the first to die on the frontlines of the coronavirus battle in the UK.

Dr Hosnieh Djarfari-Marbini says this is a chance to recognise the role of migrants in the NHS and to reflect on how they have been scapegoated by politicians in the past.

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About Me

video producer and writer passionate about languages, current affairs, social issues, music and pop culture.

Contact me at: aboudarisofia@gmail.com