On the bride’s side: crossing Fortress Europe with refugees
A group of Italian guys decides to help five Syrian and Palestinian immigrants to reach Sweden, where they will be granted political refugee status….
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The People’s Girls combats Egypt’s sexual harassment epidemic
Recently, a video of a woman enduring hours of catcalling in New York City went viral. The two-minute clip features a moderately attractive woman…
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From film music to folksy pop, Tajdar Junaid captivates your ears
Tajdar Junaid: remember this name if you haven’t heard of him yet. Junaid’s name, fame and music make steady way to a quickly increasing…
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‘Infiltrators’ and ‘Condom Lead’ show relevance of Eye On Palestine
Wednesday March 26 marked the day that the KVS (Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, i.e. the Royal Flemish Theatre) in Brussels screened ‘Infiltrators’, an important documentary…
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The freedom of Noor Inayat Khan
“Liberté!” was to be the last word ever spoken by the dark-eyed woman with a dark complexion who had been classified as a highly…
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The West Bank and its Broken Hopes
In addition to months of power cuts, Gaza was flooded two weeks ago. Thousands were forced to leave their homes. That these are only some…
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The Arab Spring reaches Venice
It was only a matter of time before the Egyptian revolution and the fall of the regime of President Hosni Mubarak would make it…
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Turkish songs, classical music, and poppy jazz: the world of Karsu Dönmez
‘Karsu’ (snow water) was once just the name of a tiny village in the far south of Turkey. Dutch film fans know its name…
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Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco
Nadir Bouhmouch, a 22-year-old film student in the US, was determined to shoot a documentary during his summer vacation in Morocco. The suicide of…
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Filming Morocco’s revolutionary turtles
Two years after a group called the February 20 Movement started demonstrating in Morocco, the Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker Jawad Rhalib presents the story of Moroccan…
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