Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival Hosts ‘Women In Cinema’ Gala In Cannes
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Age Islam News Bureau
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May 2024
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Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival Hosts ‘Women In Cinema’ Gala
In Cannes
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Iran Hangs Two Women, Parvin Mousavi And Fatemeh Abdullahi, As Surge In
Executions Intensifies: NGO
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Another Terror Attack On Girls' School In In South Waziristan, Pakistan
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Jeddah University Opens Maritime Studies To Women
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Saudi
Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival Hosts ‘Women In Cinema’ Gala In
Cannes
Salma Abu Deif, Kiara Advani, Sarocha Chankimha,
Adhwa Fahad, Aseel Omran, and Ramata Toulaye-Sy pose with SRMG CEO Jomana
Al-Rashid and RSIFF CEO Mohammed Al-Turki. (Ammar Abd Rabbo)
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ARAB
NEWS
May
19, 2024
DUBAI:
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) hosted the “Women in
Cinema” Gala in partnership with Vanity Fair Europe in Cannes on Saturday,
attracting celebrities from across the world.
The
glitzy gala dinner took place after RSIFF presented the “Women in Cinema” panel
discussion during the Variety Global Conversations event earlier in the day.
The
panel featured Egyptian actress and model Salma Abu Deif, Indian actress Kiara
Advani, Thai actress, model and singer
Sarocha Chankimha (also known as Freen), Saudi actress Adhwa Fahad, Saudi
singer and actress Aseel Omran, and French-Senegalese director
RamataToulaye-Sy. The talents spoke about their early beginnings, their career
breakthroughs and their sources of inspiration during the panel talk.
“The
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” actress Eiza González, model Ikram Abdi,
supermodel Naomi Campbell and actress Dorra Zarrouk were among the star-studded
guest list.
Rosie
Huntington Whitley, Richard Gere, Minnie Driver, Raya Abirashed, Alexa Chung,
Wallis Day, Lucas Bravo and Uma Thurman also attended the event.
“The
Red Sea International Film Festival (#RedSeaIFF) and Vanity Fair Europe
reunited to host the #WomenInCinema Gala, championing the achievements of
rising female talent on both sides of the camera who are reshaping the film
industry in Saudi Arabia, Africa, Asia and the Arab world,” the Red Sea Film
Foundation posted on Instagram.
Saudi
Arabia is playing a key role at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival,
having supported four projects that are screening at the event.
“Norah,”
“The Brink of Dreams,” “To A Land Unknown” and “Animale” will screen as part of
the Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight and Critic’s Week programs at
Cannes. The Red Sea Film Foundation supported the projects through the Red Sea
Fund and the Red Sea Souk.
RSIFF
CEO Mohammed Al-Turki has been spotted on multiple red carpets throughout the
event so far and walked the opening night’s red carpet alongside Jomana
Al-Rashid, CEO of the Saudi Research and Media Group.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2512911/lifestyle
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Iran
Hangs Two Women, Parvin Mousavi And Fatemeh Abdullahi, As Surge In Executions
Intensifies: NGO
People protest against executions and detentions in
Iran. | Photo Credit: AFP
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May
18, 2024
Iran
on Saturday hanged at least seven people, including two women, while a member
of its Jewish minority is at imminent risk of execution as the Islamic republic
further intensified its use of capital punishment, an NGO said.
Parvin
Mousavi, 53, a mother of two grown-up children, was hanged in Urmia prison in
northwestern Iran along with five men convicted in various drug-related cases,
the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said in a statement.
In
Nishapur in eastern Iran, a 27-year-old woman named FatemehAbdullahi was hanged
on charges of murdering her husband, who was also her cousin, it said.
IHR
says it has tallied at least 223 executions this year, with at least 50 so far
in May alone. A new surge began following the end of Persian New Year and
Ramadan holidays in April, with 115 people including six women hanged since
then, it said.
Iran
carries out more recorded executions of women than any other country. Activists
say many such convicts are victims of forced or abusive marriages.
Iran
last year carried out more hangings than in any year since 2015, according to
NGOs, which accuse the Islamic republic of using capital punishment as a means
to instil fear in the wake of protests that erupted in autumn 2022.
IHR
said Mousavi had been in prison for four years. It cited a source as saying she
had been paid the equivalent of 15 euros to carry a package she had been told
contained medicine but was in fact five kilos of morphine.
"They
are the low-cost victims of the Islamic republic's killing machine, which aims
at instilling fear among people to prevent new protests," added
Amiry-Moghaddam.
The
group meanwhile said a member of Iran's Jewish community, which has drastically
reduced in numbers in recent years but is still the largest in the Middle East
outside Israel, was at imminent risk of execution over a murder charge.
Arvin
Ghahremani, 20, was convicted of murder during a street fight when he was 18
and is scheduled to be executed in the western city of Kermanshah on Monday, it
said, adding it had received an audio message from his mother Sonia Saadati
asking for his life to be spared.
His
family is seeking to ask the family of the victim to forgo the execution in
line with Iran's Islamic law of retribution, or qesas.
Also
at risk of execution is Kamran Sheikheh, the last surviving member of a group
of seven Iranian Kurdish men who were first arrested between early December
2009 and late January 2010 and later sentenced to death for "corruption on
earth" over alleged membership of extremist groups, it said.
Six
men convicted in the same case have been executed in the last months almost
one-and-a-half decades after their initial arrest, the last being
KhosroBesharat who was hanged in GhezelHesar prison outside Tehran this week.
There
has been an international outcry meanwhile over the death sentence handed out
last month to Iranian rapper ToomajSalehi, seen by activists as retaliation for
his music backing the 2022 protests. His lawyers are appealing the verdict.
Source:
The Hindu
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Another
Terror Attack On Girls' School In In South Waziristan,Pakistan
May
19, 2024
NEW
DELHI: In a distressing development, the ongoing wave of terrorism in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa has dealt another devastating blow to girls' education. Terrorists
have targeted the Sofia Noor School, a girls' school in the Wana tehsil of
South Waziristan, as reported by Geo News.
The
school, established with the support of the Wana Welfare Association, aimed to
provide education to girls in the remote and underdeveloped district. However,
just weeks after its inception, the school fell victim to a bombing attack.
This
incident follows a series of similar attacks on girls' schools in the
north-western region of the country, which has been grappling with terror
attacks since mid-2021. Merely eight days prior to the Sofia Noor School
bombing, another school in the southern districts was destroyed. On May 9, the
Islamia Girls School in Sheva town, North Waziristan, also suffered a bombing
attack, although fortunately, no casualties were reported.
The
repeated targeting of educational institutions has instilled fear among the
residents of the province, who have been witnessing such attacks for years.
Reports indicate that the blast at the Sofia Noor School occurred around 3 am,
causing damage to a portion of the building that was still under construction.
While
no casualties were reported, there have been claims on social media suggesting
that the school's administration received extortion letters. However, locals
have strongly denied these allegations.
The
situation in KP had improved after police and security forces launched
operations to combat the threat of terrorism. However, the recent attacks on
schools in Waziristan have reignited concerns among the local population, as
hundreds of schools faced bombings, arson, or attacks with automatic weapons
over a decade ago, as reported by Geo News.
Source:
Times Of India
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Jeddah
university opens maritime studies to women
ARAB
NEWS
May
18, 2024
RIYADH:
Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz University will enroll women in its maritime studies
programs for the first time, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
The
university will set up a dedicated agency for female students within the
maritime studies faculty as part of an initiative that aligns with Saudi
Arabia’s Vision 2030, which encourages Saudi women to enter new professions,
and aims to expand research and study opportunities in this field.
Faisal
Al-Thobiani, dean of the faculty of maritime studies, said the move will
harness women’s potential in the sector, increasing overall efficiency and
sustainability.
The
faculty will provide internationally recognized education and training in
marine surveying and transport, helping to prepare Saudi professionals and
support national economic growth.
Al-Thobiani
said that increasing women’s participation will address workforce gaps in the
Kingdom’s maritime industry in line with global trends.
Growing
female involvement in the sector comes as Vision 2030 prioritizes women’s
representation across various industries, he added.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2512706/saudi-arabia
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