Al-Ahram Weekly Online   27 May - 2 June 2004
Issue No. 692
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

'Popular alternative'
Some Arab leaders boycotted the Arab summit in Tunis and attended a little-publicised African summit instead, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Catholic conspiracy?
As India's financiers ponder the ripple effects of the premiership of Manmohan Singh, the spectre of sectarian strife looms large in the sub-continent, writes J Sri Raman from Chennai
Upbeat about Singh
Pakistan welcomes the Congress government, writes Iffat Idris from Islamabad

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ISSUES relating to migration and exile were at the core of the theme tackled by Arab directors in several films screened at the 57th Cannes Film Festival. Algerian-French director Tony Gitlif's Exils -- which won the Cannes Best Director Award -- is about two young men's journey from France to Spain, and then to their motherland Algeria. It deals with the connection immigrants have with their motherlands, as well as with the countries to which they have migrated... --caption--

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