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W.Sahara Film Festival Urges Nolan to Drop Scenes Shot in Disputed Territory

This is Beirut, 31/07 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Sahara International Film Festival has called on director Christopher Nolan to exclude scenes filmed in Western Sahara from his upcoming movie, citing concerns over shooting in the disputed territory. Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, has been largely controlled by Morocco since 1975 but is considered a non-self-governing territory by ...

Morocco's Atlantic Gambit: Linking Restive Sahel to Ocean

This is Beirut, 29/06 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The "Atlantic Initiative" promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony ...

British FM Says Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for W. Sahara ‘Most Credible’ Solution

This is Beirut, 01/06 22:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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British foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday that Morocco's autonomy plan for the territory of Western Sahara was the "most credible" solution to the decades-long dispute, reversing London's long-standing position. Western Sahara, a mineral-rich former Spanish colony, is largely controlled by Morocco but has been claimed in its entirety ...

Moroccan Women Stitch Their Way to Empowered Futures

This is Beirut, 31/05 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In a small village on the coast of southern Morocco, women gather in a house to create collaborative works of textile art, and also earn a living. Several hunch over large canvases, embroidering their latest piece at the women-only workshop, in the village of 400 people. Some of their works have been shown internationally. "This project has ...

Lebanon Registers Highest Commercial Electricity Tariffs in Arab World

This Is Beirut, 01/05 17:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanon now ranks among the Arab countries with the highest commercial electricity tariffs, according to recent data from the Global Petrol Prices (GPP) website, underscoring the toll of the country’s prolonged energy crisis on its struggling business sector. With a commercial electricity rate of $0.247 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2025, Lebanon ...

Algeria Summons French Ambassador Over Accusations of Interference

This is Beirut, 2024-12-15 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Algeria's foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador to reprimand him for what it described as efforts to destabilize the country, several Algerian media outlets reported on Sunday. The ambassador, Stéphane Romatet, was "informed of the firm disapproval of the highest Algerian authorities in response to numerous French provocations and ...

Is Democracy Possible in the Arab World?

Marc Saikali, 2024-12-12 07:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Assad family, more accurately known by the name "Al-Wahesh" (the savage), has surpassed all limits of hatred and brutality. After the dictator and his cronies fled, the world, horrified, discovered the full extent of the crimes against humanity that had been the norm in a country left in ruins. In Lebanon, we have long known, through our own ...

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