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‘Goodbye Julia’ Leads Critics Awards for Arab Films Nominations Ahead of Cannes Ceremony

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s “Goodbye Julia,” a timely morality tale that takes place just before the 2011 secession of South Sudan, leads the way in nominations for the eighth edition of the Critics Awards for Arab films, winners of which will be announced during the Cannes Film Festival. The first Sudanese film ever to screen in Cannes’ official selection, “Goodbye Julia” is the story of two women — one from the North, the other from the South — who are brought together by fate in a complex relationship that attempts to reconcile differences between northern and southern Sudanese communities in the currently war-ravaged country.
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‘Jihad Rehab’ Director Addresses Critics of Controversial Guantanamo Detainees Documentary
Manori Ravindran International EditorOne of the most controversial movies to emerge from this year’s Sundance Film Festival is a documentary called “Jihad Rehab,” which follows a group of former Guantanamo Bay detainees.Directed by American filmmaker Megan Smaker — a former California firefighter who spent five years in Yemen — the film follows several Yemeni men who were unlawfully detained for 15 years in the U.S.-run detention camp, before being relocated to Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Bin Nayef Centre for Counselling and Care — a so-called “rehabilitation center” for extremists who must graduate the program before they’re allowed to rejoin society.The film tracks Ali, Nadir and Mohammed’s turbulent journey over three years as they try to come to grips with their trauma and navigate an uneasy future in Saudi Arabia, where it’s illegal for them, as Yemenis, to leave. (A Saudi-led coalition of Gulf states infiltrated Yemen’s civil war in 2015, carrying out air raids that have devastated the nation.) While “Jihad Rehab” isn’t the first film in the grisly orbit of Guantanamo, its Sundance premiere has received heavy criticism from human rights advocates and other documentarians, many of them from Arab or Muslim backgrounds, who are concerned that the doc’s subjects are being framed as criminals (despite never standing trial in the U.S.
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US Navy intercept flagless fishing vessel carrying 40 tons of explosive material
Navy vessel stopped a fishing boat on Sunday – and found that it was carrying 40 tonnes of explosive material.The boat was stopped in the Gulf of Oman by the US 5th Fleet.And it's the second time that the same boat has been found to be smuggling weapons or material to make weapons in that area.USS Cole (DDG 67) and patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) found the boat travelling from Iran in international waters.The route is normally associated with weapons smugglers, taking them to Houthis in Yemen.This latest discovery found 40 tonnes of urea fertilizer, which can be used to make explosive devices.The boat, cargo, and five Yemeni crew members were handed over to the Yemen Coast Guard after it was found.In February 2021, the same boat was found to be smuggling weapons near Somalia.The stash included a plethora of AK-47 rifles, light machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, and several crew-served weapons.Of the latest incident, a spokesman for the fleet said: “US naval forces regularly perform maritime security operations in the Middle East to ensure the free flow of legitimate trade and to disrupt the transport of illicit cargo that often funds terrorism and other unlawful activity.”Also found in the Gulf of Oman was a ship carrying around one tonne of illegal drugs.And it was found by the Royal Navy over the weekend.The operation lasted around 10 hours and included a team from the Royal Marines from the HMS Montrose.The drug haul included 663kg of heroin, 87kg of methamphetamine, and 291kg of hashish and marijuana.
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