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New Palestine cinema comes to Malaysia, Canada and US The third Kuala Lumpur Palestine Film Festival launched this weekend, featuring Hany Abu-Assad’s Oscar-nominated thriller Omar (2013), the Palestine-set drama Inch’Allah (2013), Mahdi Fleifel’s acclaimed documentary A World Not Ours (2012) and Yasmine Perni’s documentary The Stones Cry Out (2013), which highlights the voices of Palestinian Christians. The film screenings are complemented by an exhibition of the work of Algerian-Belgian photographer Seba Asmaa El Mourabiti, whose series Suspended Lives comprises 24 portraits of Palestinian women who were imprisoned by Israel. The festival, organized by Viva Palestina Malaysia, also features a cooking demonstration by Laila El-Haddad, co-author of The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey, and the launch of the new book Remember Us, a compilation of writing by young Palestinians, with the participation of contributor Sameeha Elwan. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, a Gaza Film Festival was held at New York University this weekend, featuring Tears of Gaza (2010), Flying Paper (2013), Strawberry Fields (2006), Gaza: Another Kind of Tears (2006) and Where Should the Birds Fly (2012). https://youtube/watch?v=pnIpxHsqB2o
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 10:06:23 +0000

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