Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Culture Clash in the Middle East

What happens when an irreverent Iranian-American director from Brooklyn brings his film to a film festival in a conservative Islamic kingdom? This is a fascinating clash of cultures -- modern vs medieval, the voice of authority vs the voice of the individual, the ambition to be "global" vs the fear of outsiders -- and it is happening in Malaysia right now, not just in the UAE.

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