Lebanese Director Karim Kassem Had Two Weeks to Improvise a New Film on the Fly
Two weeks before the cameras were set to roll, everything fell apart.
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In the four months since he took over Iraq by a brutal army revolt, General Karim Kassem has learned that power is not to be wielded without politics. At first, he tried to rule by rigid army control.
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Spring Came on Laughing,” the only Egyptian film in competition at the Cairo Film Festival, is the debut feature of Noha Adel ...
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Who is Sheikh Naim Kassem? All about the former chemistry teacher who became new Hezbollah chief & Nasrallah's successor
Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group on Tuesday said it has appointed Sheikh Naim Kassem as its new leader to replace slain leader Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's decision-making Shura Council elected ...
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Lebanese Director Karim Kassem Had Two Weeks to Improvise a New Film on the Fly
Two weeks before the cameras were set to roll, everything fell apart. At that point, “Moondove” director Karim Kassem had spent two years developing his fourth feature and then painstakingly ...