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One Thousand and One Nights, Parts 1 and 2, Royal Lyceum, EdinburghOur Days of Rage, Old Vic Tunnels, LondonSouth Pacific, Barbican, London
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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The Arab world's One Thousand and One Nights, a string of folk tales told by Shahrazad, the legendary vizier's daughter, to enthrall the lethally misogynistic King Shahrayar, masquerades as a bunch of suspenseful and humorous bedtime stories...That
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VIDEO: Persian myths hit video games market
Tehrān :: Iran | over 1 year ago
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Persian mythology hits video games market 26 August 2011 Last updated at 06:55 ET A group of young Iranian developers have made it into the international computer games market with a story based on Persian mythology. Garshasp: The Monster Slayer is
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Persian classic too sexy for censors
Tehrān :: Iran | almost 2 years ago
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But Iran goes so far in also tampering with books for self-claimed religious reasons that the Islamic Republic's censors form a league of their own. The latest example came this week, when censors refused a publishing house permission to reprint an
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Das Paradies und die Peri – review
Beirut :: Lebanon | almost 2 years ago
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The over-arching theme of this year's international festival is the cultural relationship between the east and Europe. In terms of theatre and dance, the emphasis falls strongly on visiting companies from the far and near east. The classical
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Retelling One Thousand and One Nights
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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Hanan Al-Shaykh Tim Supple's dramatisation of One Thousand and One Nights in Edinburgh. Photograph: Cylla Von Tiedemann I don't recall exactly whether I was eight or 10 years old when I first heard the words Alf Layla wa-Layla , One Thousand and One
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One Thousand and One Nights: Dangerous liaisons
Beirut :: Lebanon | almost 2 years ago
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Cylla Von Tiedemann Directors love to moan about how hard taking a show to the Edinburgh festival is, but few of them have ever had to deal with a full-scale revolution. Six months ago, Tim Supple was in Egypt, about to start rehearsals for his
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Namibia: Magic Carpet Ride for Northern Weavers
Windhoek :: Namibia | almost 2 years ago
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European Union's ninth Development Fund and coordinated by the National Planning Commission. Teppiche (carpets) used to be a thriving small craft business on a farm near to Windhoek's international airport, run by a German immigrant, Volker Berner.
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NON-FICTION: Scheherazade & Scheherazade
Lahore :: Pakistan | almost 2 years ago
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Scheherazade & Scheherazade Moroccan writer Fatema Mernissi's reputation as a thinker, sociologist and researcher is well-established. In mid 1980s, Mernissi's Beyond the Veil: Male-Female Dynamics in Modern Muslim Society, a study of the lives of
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Comic-Con 2011: CBS Films Heading to 'Hellfest' with 'Walking Dead' Producer Gale Ann Hurd
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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7/21/2011 by Borys Kit share Jerod Harris/Getty Images CBS Films has picked up Hellfest , an original screenplay by William Penick and Chris Sey . Gale Anne Hurd , the veteran genre producer who exec produces AMC's The Walking Dead , will produce
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Woman sentenced to 24 years for murdering pregnant neighbor
Jerusalem :: Israel | almost 2 years ago
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The Beersheba District Court sentenced Mazal Bar-Osher (Chincholker) on Wednesday to 24 years in prison for the murder of her neighbor, Tali Atar, and the manslaughter of Atar's unborn child. Bar-Osher was also sentenced to a further two years
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