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"This story is not just about Gaza. It speaks to a universal grief. Cinema can preserve a memory. Cinema can resist amnesia. May Hind Rajab’s voice be heard."

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In a booming Egyptian screen industry, his discipline and craft promise a rise built on grit, not glamour

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Danny Hajjar traces the centuries-long rhythm between Arabic and Latin sounds, from Al-Andalus to reggaeton

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Ghorba: Songs of Immigration

The story of how exile, estrangement, and movement turn into rhythm, resonance, and new musical worlds

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