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In this undated file picture, the Zawraa Cinema is seen in central Baghdad. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

That’s a wrap: Sixth Baghdad International Film Festival concludes

by Afrah Shawqi | Oct 21, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite severe violence and unrest in Iraq and widespread rumors that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is approaching the outskirts of its capital, the 6th Baghdad International Film Festival went ahead as planned last week. Out of...

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People walk past the Metro cinema in Downtown Cairo, Egypt, on October 16, 2012. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Eid Al-Adha marks Egyptian cinema comeback

by Jamal Al-Qassas | Oct 15, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Filmgoers are flocking again to Egypt’s cinemas after a successful Eid Al-Adha season, in a sign of a comeback for the industry which has been experiencing a lull since Egypt’s 2011 revolution with falling box office receipts and complaints from...

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Image of cinema taken from Erbil International Film Festival website. (Erbil International Film Festival)

First Erbil International Film Festival kicks off

by Mohamed Zangeneh | May 30, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first-ever Erbil International Film Festival is set to kick off today, as part of the city’s celebrations for being named the Arab Tourism Capital for 2014. The festival will run from May 30 to June 4 and will showcase movies from across the...

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A file picture taken on April 8, 2014 shows Lebanese pop star Haifa Wehbe arriving for the Premiere of her movie ‘Halawet Rooh’ at a movie theatre in the town of Dbayeh, North of Beirut on April 8 , 2014. (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)

Haifa Wehbe film withdrawn from Egypt cinemas

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 18, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has ordered Haifa Wehbe’s latest cinematic offering, Halaweet Rooh (Beauty of the Soul), withdrawn from cinemas, a state-owned news agency reported on Wednesday. The film had initially been...

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This photo taken Jan. 19, 2014, shows Phillip Seymour Hoffman posing for a portrait at The Collective and Gibson Lounge Powered by CEG, during the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in “Capote”, was found dead Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in his New York apartment. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dead of suspected drug overdose

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

New York, Reuters—Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation and winner of an Academy Award for his title role in the film Capote, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday in what a New York police source described as an apparent...