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		<title>&#8220;Rembetika,&#8221; CD review by Z. G. Özkişi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1922 during the Turkish Independence War, about 1 million Anatolian Greeks moved to Greece as a result of the Turkish victory over Greece, many of them taking refuge in bad neighborhoods in the port of Piraeus. Rembetika can be described as the songs in which the Greeks who had to leave Turkey in consequence of this war, called the Asia Minor Disaster, blended Aegean and Istanbul songs with Greek music.]]></description>
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		<title>Notable recent Middle Eastern films: Iran, review by D. Giovacchini</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of excellent Iranian films have been released in the past year or so. The best of this very fine bunch is Offside by Jafar Panahi. It tells the story of a group of girls who in violation of the law try to get into Tehran stadium to see Iran’s soccer team compete in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notable recent Middle Eastern films: Egypt, review by D. Giovacchini</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as Egyptian films are concerned, the big news is The Yacoubian Building, directed by Marwan Hamed, and simply one of the best Egyptian films in years. If you haven’t added this to your collection yet, it is a must. Another fine new film is Bahithat an al-Hurriyah (Looking for freedom) by Inas al-Daghidi. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notable recent Middle Eastern films: Turkey, review by D. Giovacchini</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of truly notable films have come from Turkey recently. There have been new films by several world class directors. The first is Iklimlar (Climates) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, best known in the West for his 2002 film Uzak. Iklimlar continues the director’s minimalist approach, with spare dialogue and long tight close-ups. Its story [...]]]></description>
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