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Lebanese Director Georges Nasser at the Cannes Film Festival. (Cannes Film Festival)
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In this Friday, April 4, 2014, file photo, head mason Alassane Ramiya inspects the remains of tombs at a mausoleum after it was damaged in Timbuktu, Mali.
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Mauritanians delighted with Timbuktu Oscar nomination
Nouakchott, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mauritanians are thrilled that Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu is in the running for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars. It is the first time that a film by a Mauritanian director has received the prestigious nomination. The...Caption:
This Jan. 31, 2006 file photo shows Hany Abu-Assad, director of the Oscar nominated Palestinian film “Paradise Now,” posing for a photo at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. Abu-Assad is also director of “Omar,” one of the more buzzed-about films at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)
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