Film censor allows a chink of light behind the veil

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There are indications that the Iranian film industry is gradually being released from the heavy burden of censorship under which it has traditionally operated. The film 'The Snowman,' which shows an Iranian man cross-dressing in the hope of marrying an American and being allowed to live in the US, has attracted large audiences. The Islamic guidance ministry has also given Tahmineh Milani permission to make a film entitled 'Two Women,' which presents the message that social injustice continued after the revolution.

MOTION PICTURES, Motion Picture and Video Industries, Motion picture industry, Movie industry, Iran, Arts, Censorship

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Lebanese recoil as the demons of their history are unearthed

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The destruction caused by the civil war in Beirut is allowing archaeologists to uncover many treasures from different periods of the city's history. The need to rebuild a modern city will eventually mean that ancient streets and houses are buried again, but at the moment archaeologists are uncovering remains up to 2,000 years old. Lebanese people themselves are wary of uncovering the past, seeing it as being violent and bloody, so the work is being undertaken by Lebanese archaeologists with Syrian site workers.

History, Beirut, Lebanon

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Prized place in history for free spirit who dares to be defiant

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Algerian newspaper editor Salima Ghezali does not find it hard to say and write what she thinks, even though she has received death threats and her newspaper, La Nation, has been suppressed by the Algerian government. She is now living in difficult circumstances, but has been assisted by winning a number of journalism awards. She retains a very strong interest in politics, but is pessimistic about the prospects for a political compromise in Algeria.

Interview, Algeria, Women journalists, Freedom of the press, Ghezali, Salima

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