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The Outlaw Ocean, that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world.Musicians could use the library of sounds collected by Urbina over the course of his reporting (everything from “rhythmic sounds like machine-gun fire off the coast of Somalia” to “chanting captive deckhands on the South China Sea,” according to the website) as well as spoken word passages from his articles.Over 450 musicians have so far contributed to the project that “sought to capture the emotions in this journalism, while

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has lifted the curtain on its lists of movies eligible for the 94th Academy Awards in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCAA has signed Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, the up-and-coming director of “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Somalia’s first ever official submission for the Oscars international feature film race.“The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Ahmed’s feature debut,” world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and went on to win the Amplify Voices Award at Toronto.

Escape From Mogadishu, Korea’s submission to this year’s International Feature Oscar race, tells the harrowing true story of North and South Koreans caught in the middle of a brutal civil war in Somalia in 1991, and how the divided nation worked together to survive the crisis in a foreign land.

Guy Lodge Film CriticIn a ghoulish age when many Americans are resorting to online crowdfunding to finance potentially lifesaving health care, the simple, sorrowful fable spun by “The Gravedigger’s Wife” may not feel as distant to Western viewers as it looks.

Making large scale action films can be challenging for any production, but for “Escape From Mogadishu” producer Hyejung Kang, the challenge wasn’t the budget or even the scale of the film but not having access to the country the movie is based on.“The fact that we had to remake all of this in another country and it had to be based on past facts because we still cannot enter into Somalia,” Producer Hyejung Kang tells TheWrap’s Steve Pond.

To Kunil Nur, the UK was supposed to be a safe haven from war and bloodshed in his home country of Somalia.

J. Kim Murphy administratorGeorge Tyssen Butler, a documentary filmmaker best known for co-directing the 1977 feature “Pumping Iron,” died on Oct.

LA Times,Butler, who grew up in Somalia and Jamaica, directed nearly a dozen films during his 40-year career. With a master’s degree in creative writing from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in Roanoke, Virginia, under his belt, he got a job as a reporter at Newsweek.

Documentary filmmaker George Butler, best known for his 1977 film Pumping Iron that raised Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger to Hollywood prominence, died of pneumonia Oct. 21 at home in New Hampshire. He was 78 and his death was confirmed by his son, Desmond Butler, a Washington Post reporter.

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The man arrested for the murder of MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali.

Labour and the Liberal Democrats will not stand by-election candidates after the murder of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, according to reports tonight.

The U.S. on Thursday regained a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, three years after the previous administration withdrew from it.

Marta Balaga Finnish writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, born in Mogadishu, continues to enjoy his first feature’s successful festival run. Screening this week in Toronto, “The Gravedigger’s Wife” premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in July.“We finished the shoot in 2019.

It took a lot of reassurance to get Yasmin Warsame to make her acting debut in the TIFF drama “The Gravedigger’s Wife”. The Canadian-Somali model was very comfortable in front of the camera when it came to still fashion photography, but film was a new challenge for her.

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson ended his 17-minute monologue on Afghan refugees Wednesday night by going after Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has sparred with him indirectly for years.

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Richard Kuipers If North Korea and South Korea ever reunite and hold a celebratory film festival, “Escape from Mogadishu” is a sure thing for selection. Based on the amazing true story of embassy staff from both countries joining forces to escape probable death in the civil war-ravaged Somali capital in 1991, this propulsive and intelligently written South Korean adventure thriller casts partisan politics aside and celebrates what can be achieved when adversaries come together.

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Shellac, who in another UK exclusive will be bringing their experimental post-hardcore sound to the Roundhouse, while Electric Wizard will close out the festival on Sunday.Other acts confirmed include Corrosion Of Conformity, Orange Goblin and Truckfighters, who all played the festival in its debut year in 2012, as well as Integrity, Somali Yacht Club, Khemmis and Stoner.To see the full line-up and buy tickets, visit the Desertfest official website here.A post shared by Desertfest London

Iman is reflecting on the racism that she encountered after moving to the U.S. to begin her career as a model.

direct to your inboxPortugal will be removed from England’s travel ban red list, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.The decision means returning travellers will be able to quarantine at home, rather than in a hotel at a cost of £1,750.But Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar have been added to the red list to “protect the country against new variants of Covid-19”, the DfT said.The changes come into force at 4am on Friday, March 19.Visitors who have departed from or transited through

Marin Ireland has taken the lead role in Muslimah, Jamil Munoz’s debut feature for indie producers and film financiers Dweck Productions and Vanishing Angle. The indie drama will see Ireland play Diana, an American convert to Islam who moves to upstate New York with her young son, Nabil, after the events of September 11th, 2001.

President Trump’s pardon of four Blackwater guards convicted in the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians was "disgraceful," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., asserted Saturday.

Bolton, in February 2014. Leaving the victim for dead, Ibraahim ran away from the scene before fleeing the UK for Somalia.He avoided detection for five years until police finally caught up with him when he was involved in another collision last year.Ibraahim was convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a trial last month, but is believed to have fled the country yet again.

a paramedic told the court.The defendant, Skana, is from the Balkan country of Albania - rather than the East African nation of Somalia.

BBC journalist spoke to Sir Mo Farah about his immigration to the UK. The Olympian, who was born in Somalia, discussed having relocated to London when he was eight.He revealed that he was initially unable to speak any English, telling Victoria and fellow campmate Giovanna Fletcher that sport was so important to him because it connected him to others.

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Gwrych Castle next week (November 15), and line up with the rest of the celebrities to undergo some new trials and stay in a new camp.It'll be different from the Aussie bush that's for sure.Let's find out more about Sir Mo.Olympian and huge I'm a Celeb fan Mo is said to have been inspired by fellow runner, Linford Christie to enter the challenge show.Sir Mo, who was born in Somalia, is the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.The 37-year-old has ten global