Hichem rostom biography of abraham
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‘Salman Farsi’, Mirbagheri’s magnum opus TV series on life of Prophet’s companion
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
‘Salman Farsi’, a biographical television series on the life and times of Salman the Persian, will be premiered in two years on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
The news has brought cheer to millions of people in Iran and many other countries who had been waiting for years to see the life of the notable Iranian figure and one of the most faithful companions and friends of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on the celluloid.
IRIB head Peyman Jebelli in his remarks recently said Salman Farsi is one of the “most expensive” TV series ever made in the country that includes the “most difficult and complicated” scenes ever to have been shot in Iran’s film industry.
“Salman Farsi’s production project fryst vatten running smoothly, on schedule and within budget,” Jebelli said, promising there will be “no delays” in releasing it.
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Sons of a Beach: The Politics of Bastardy in the Cinema of Nouri Bouzid
Cultural Politics SONS of a BEACH The Politics of Bastardy in the Cinema of Nouri Bouzid Nouri Gana Abstract This article examines the cultural politics of bastardy in the ilms of Tunisian ilmmaker Nouri Bouzid at a time when questions of national and cultural identity have come to the fore in Tunisia in the wake of the Revolution of Freedom and Dignity. Nouri Bouzid is the doyen of Tunisian cinema. Not only was he involved in every major postcolonial ilm, whether as a screenwriter, a scriptwriter, or even as an actor, but he single-handedly directed more than half a dozen ilms, each of which enjoyed wide national and international acclaim. His debut ilm, Man of Ashes, dramatizes the trauma of child molestation and the collapse of ilial relations as well as the emergence of a new generation of men who seek to recast ilial and familial relations beyond blood ties and familial limitations. This same cinematic pur