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| Chinese Dissidents Silenced for London Book Fair A dissident Chinese author has expressed dismay at the lack of independent and exiled authors represented at this year's London Book Fair (LBF), where China is guest of honour. An ensuing public spat, revolving around accusations that the Fair's organisers have bowed to Chinese authorities, has thrust the thorny issue of censorship to centre-stage. |
| Festival Brings Human Drama from Headlines to the Screen The often heroic struggles of some of the world's human rights victims and advocates are on full view at the Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which runs through Friday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox theatre. |
| Porn in the Land of the Pure Dark and smoky, the cinema hall reeks of hashish. An overly made-up woman on screen in provocatively figure-hugging clothes dances suggestively to the beat of loud music. The audience, all men, cheer and whistle. The music stops, the scenes get racier and sexually titillating. The crowd abandons all caution. The whistles turn to grunts and growls, chairs begin to bang. |
| After the Murder, a New Act at Freedom Theatre Actors, musicians, activists and friends gathered in various locations throughout Israel and the West Bank this week to commemorate the life of actor and theatre director Juliano Mer-Khamis. |
| Taliban Face the Music in Pakistan Not so long ago, Gul Pana's pursuit of a career as a professional singer in Khyber Pakthunkhwa (KP) province would have invited certain death at the hands of the Taliban. |
| CULTURE-ARAB SPRING: A Revolution Through the Lens The Arab world is talking about a revolution; not just out on the streets but in films, in newspapers, in songs – using any means necessary to document events, expose the horrors of war and explore the struggles and possibilities that lie ahead as the Arab Spring feels the wintry chill of post-revolutionary democratic challenges. |
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