by Abeer Mishkhas | Mar 4, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—After the great success of her feature film, Wadjda, which won a number of international prizes, Saudi director Haifaa Al-Mansour returns with a new film that is full of surprises. Mansour’s new film, A Storm in the Stars will be the...
by Mohammed Rouda | Sep 17, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Wadjda has taken an unprecedented step for Saudi, and Arab Gulf, film-making, receiving critical acclaim from across the world. However Haifa Al-Mansour’s film has taken on even more historic dimensions, being selected as Saudi Arabia’s...
by Ben Leakey | Jun 18, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Last year, Lebanese tourism minister Fadi Abboud considered legal action against Showtime over their series Homeland, set partly in Beirut. He told the Associated Press that “it showed Hamra Street with militia roaming in it. This does...
