Untamed Talent, the recently launched Arab world management and production company led by former Mister Smith Entertainment executive Antone Saliba is rebranding as 75East and bringing on board Shams Mohajerani, a former acquisitions executive at Cairo-based Mad Solutions, as manager and producer.
The change in name to 75East of the company, which launched last December with backing from Front Row Productions – a joint venture between leading Middle East distribution companies Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Empire Entertainment – is a geographical reference to the wider Southwest Asian and North African (Swana) region from Morocco to Pakistan, “reflecting the company’s commitment to representing talent beyond Arabic-speaking territories,” according to a statement.
The addition of Mohajerani, an Iranian-American raised in Boston, will expand the company’s reach outside the Arab world and commit to its focus on neighboring territories “including the Persian-speaking world, as well as filmmakers with ties to the region...
The change in name to 75East of the company, which launched last December with backing from Front Row Productions – a joint venture between leading Middle East distribution companies Front Row Filmed Entertainment and Empire Entertainment – is a geographical reference to the wider Southwest Asian and North African (Swana) region from Morocco to Pakistan, “reflecting the company’s commitment to representing talent beyond Arabic-speaking territories,” according to a statement.
The addition of Mohajerani, an Iranian-American raised in Boston, will expand the company’s reach outside the Arab world and commit to its focus on neighboring territories “including the Persian-speaking world, as well as filmmakers with ties to the region...
- 5/16/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Sarah Youseff as Tasneem has been able to effectively bring out the vileness of the character in the second season of Alrawabi School for Girls. The queen bee of the school is seemingly perfect, and all the girls in her class are just crumbs of that supremacy. She is equally beautiful and smart, which helps her garner a lot of admirers. Little do people know about the wickedness that she has deep within the fake smile helps her conceal her real intentions. Will Tasneem realize her flaws later? Will she try to help Sarah? Let’s find out!
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Why Did Tasneem Want To Create A Fake Image Of Herself?
Tasneem, who was considered to be the most popular girl in Alrawabi School for girls, wanted to wear a fake persona around others. She wanted others to think that she was perfect and did not have any flaws. She...
Spoilers Ahead
Why Did Tasneem Want To Create A Fake Image Of Herself?
Tasneem, who was considered to be the most popular girl in Alrawabi School for girls, wanted to wear a fake persona around others. She wanted others to think that she was perfect and did not have any flaws. She...
- 2/17/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
The character of Farah in the second season of Alrawabi School for Girls has been played by Raneem Haitham. Despite having a lot of potential as a singer, she is judged by her classmates on the basis of her conventionally average looks, which hurts her sentiments. She wanted to feel included in the group of popular girls but was unable to keep up with them. Being Tasneem’s cousin has, however, helped her gain certain leverage, but she is often insulted by Tasneem and her friends. How did Tasneem treat Farah? Why did Farah feel dejected? Why did she commit suicide? Let’s find out!
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How Was Farah Treated By Tasneem And Her Friends?
Farah would tag along with Tasneem and try to get along with her friend group, as she wanted to be a part of the popular gang. Tasneem was, however, not able to completely avoid Farah,...
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How Was Farah Treated By Tasneem And Her Friends?
Farah would tag along with Tasneem and try to get along with her friend group, as she wanted to be a part of the popular gang. Tasneem was, however, not able to completely avoid Farah,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
The second season of Alrawabi School for Girls focuses on the perils of exposing teenagers to social media. Directed by Tima Shomali, the second season of Alrawabi School for Girls is as epic as the first season focusing on elements of greed, lust, and desires altogether. Sarah gets trapped in a mesh of her own dreams, desperate to make herself visible. In a quest to become popular, she engages in fake friendships, eventually leading to her downfall. Will Sarah become popular? What events will lead to Sarah’s downfall eventually? Does Farah commit suicide in the end? Let’s find the answers to these questions!
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Why Did Sarah Want To Be Friends With Tasneem?
Sarah would do anything just to become a part of the popular girl gang at her school. All she wanted was to be noticed by everyone. Sarah asked for over-expensive gadgets from her parents...
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Why Did Sarah Want To Be Friends With Tasneem?
Sarah would do anything just to become a part of the popular girl gang at her school. All she wanted was to be noticed by everyone. Sarah asked for over-expensive gadgets from her parents...
- 2/15/2024
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
Watch out “Woj” and “Shams,” there’s a new NBA scoop machine: “CNN Sports.”
The biggest NBA move of the week broke on TNT’s Inside the NBA Tuesday night, with the studio team revealing that ESPN analyst Doc Rivers had agreed to become the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. Their source? “CNN Sports.”
“Ok, are we ready for breaking news?” Inside the NBA host Adam Lefkoe began. “We have news in from CNN…” “From CNN?!” analyst Jamal Crawford responded. “From CNN Sports,” Lefkoe continued, breaking the Rivers news on-air.
Bleacher Report, TNT Sports’ digital news brand, subsequently shared the news itself, also citing CNN Sports.
And not long after the news broke on TNT, CNN.com published a story (the byline was just “CNN Staff”) with more detail on the move. It wasn’t until Wednesday morning that ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (“Woj”) and The Athletic’s Shams Charania (“Shams”) confirmed the move.
The biggest NBA move of the week broke on TNT’s Inside the NBA Tuesday night, with the studio team revealing that ESPN analyst Doc Rivers had agreed to become the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. Their source? “CNN Sports.”
“Ok, are we ready for breaking news?” Inside the NBA host Adam Lefkoe began. “We have news in from CNN…” “From CNN?!” analyst Jamal Crawford responded. “From CNN Sports,” Lefkoe continued, breaking the Rivers news on-air.
Bleacher Report, TNT Sports’ digital news brand, subsequently shared the news itself, also citing CNN Sports.
And not long after the news broke on TNT, CNN.com published a story (the byline was just “CNN Staff”) with more detail on the move. It wasn’t until Wednesday morning that ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (“Woj”) and The Athletic’s Shams Charania (“Shams”) confirmed the move.
- 1/24/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mad Solutions — the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading sales agent and distributor of Arabic-language films — has acquired the world sales rights for Tunisian director Nada Mezni Hafaiedh’s debut feature “Take My Breath,” which world premiered in the International Competition of the Warsaw Film Festival this fall.
Hafaiedh’s film, which has found great success in Tunisian cinemas over the past month, follows the life of a young seamstress named Shams, whose tranquil life unravels when their intersex identity is exposed. Engaged in a steamy love triangle and targeted by an obsessive attacker, Shams escapes to the capital city.
Taking refuge with their lover’s mystic cousin, Shams grapples with their complex sense of self. The evocative tale explores the clash between desire and identity.
In creating “Take My Breath,” Hafaiedh says she aimed to “highlight overlooked struggles and spark discussion about avoided subjects” in her native Tunisia,...
Hafaiedh’s film, which has found great success in Tunisian cinemas over the past month, follows the life of a young seamstress named Shams, whose tranquil life unravels when their intersex identity is exposed. Engaged in a steamy love triangle and targeted by an obsessive attacker, Shams escapes to the capital city.
Taking refuge with their lover’s mystic cousin, Shams grapples with their complex sense of self. The evocative tale explores the clash between desire and identity.
In creating “Take My Breath,” Hafaiedh says she aimed to “highlight overlooked struggles and spark discussion about avoided subjects” in her native Tunisia,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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