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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/5/2023 10:17:31 AM
A group of Jewish writers drafted a letter after seeing an old argument gain new power: the claim that critiquing Israel is antisemitic.
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Books
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News
10/24/2023 6:45:38 PM
Egyptian writer Ahmed El-Meslemany has been appointed the new Secretary-General of the Writers Union of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (WUAALA), an organization affiliated with the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization (AAPSO).
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/25/2023 10:13:32 AM
Striking writers whose industrial action has paralyzed Hollywood said Sunday they had reached an "exceptional" deal with studios that could see them go back to work.
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World
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International
9/23/2023 9:59:04 AM
Hollywood writers and studios will meet for a fourth consecutive day of high-level talks Saturday, as the industry hopes to end to the costly 145-day Writers Guild of America strike.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/11/2023 12:05:55 PM
The Emmy Awards have been postponed by almost four months, organizers said Thursday, as crippling strikes by Hollywood's actors and writers drag on with no resolution in sight.
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World
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International
8/10/2023 10:16:06 PM
Hollywood's writers' union will return to the bargaining table this week after studios requested a meeting to explore ways to end the ongoing strike, the guild said Thursday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
8/9/2023 8:08:04 PM
The Chilean ambassador to Egypt Roberto Ebert gifted the Bibliotheca Alexandrina with a collection of literary works by iconic Chilean writers and poets.
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World
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International
7/15/2023 7:51:46 PM
It's a “Strike Girl Summer.” So read a picket sign as the sidewalks of Hollywood and midtown Manhattan teemed with actors on Day 1 of their strike, protesting alongside the writers who have been at it since May.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
7/14/2023 2:47:00 PM
Hollywood's actors and writers will join forces on the picket line from Friday, after studios failed to reach a deal this week with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA).
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
7/13/2023 3:46:20 PM
Hollywood actors were poised to go on strike Thursday, joining writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed, with nearly all film and television production likely to grind to a halt.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/20/2023 6:18:12 PM
Actor Sean Penn gave his full support to the ongoing writers' strike in Hollywood on Friday, saying it was a "human obscenity" that studios were not taking seriously concerns over artificial intelligence.
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Sports
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World
5/12/2023 2:15:46 PM
Erling Haaland was voted “Footballer of the Year” in England for his prolific debut season with Manchester City, and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr became the first back-to-back winner of the women’s award on Friday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/7/2023 4:26:02 PM
The Hollywood writers' strike broke out this week over pay, but the refusal of studios like Netflix and Disney to rule out artificial intelligence replacing human scribes in the future has only fueled anger and fear on the picket lines.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/3/2023 3:29:30 PM
It looks likely to be a long grind for Hollywood writers who have gone on strike to preserve pay and hang on to job security.
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World
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International
5/2/2023 11:20:48 AM
Television and movie writers declared late Monday that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/1/2023 10:25:55 AM
Hollywood faced a cliffhanger moment Monday as talks to avert a potentially catastrophic strike by thousands of TV and movie writers remained unresolved just hours before a crunch deadline.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/4/2023 9:48:27 PM
The government is teaming up with writers to raise awareness of climate change and the need to protect the environment, reports Mahmoud Bakr
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Egypt
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Politics
3/30/2023 3:40:10 PM
A number of renowned Egyptian writers, activists, experts, and film professionals will join the specialised committees of the National Dialogue launched by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi last year to discuss national priority issues.
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World
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Region
3/15/2023 3:56:43 PM
Hundreds of Israeli writers, artists and intellectuals on Tuesday called on Germany and Britain to cancel upcoming visits by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying his plan to overhaul Israel’s judicial system has put the country on a destructive course.
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Books
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News
3/9/2023 10:24:20 PM
This month, Arab World Books celebrates 25 years of an evolving pursuit to catalogue Arab writers and to introduce their ideas and titles to the non-Arabic speaking world.
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