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The Bedouin (/ˈbɛdᵿ.ɪn/; Arabic: بَدَوِي badawī) are an Arab seminomadic group, descended from nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian deserts. Their name means "desert dwellers" in Arabic language. Their territory stretches from the vast deserts of North Africa to the rocky sands of the Middle East. They are traditionally divided into tribes, or clans (known in Arabic as ʿashāʾir; عَشَائِر) and share a common culture of herding camels and goats.
The Bedouin form a part of, but are not synonymous with, the modern concept of the Arabs. Bedouins have been referred to by various names throughout history, including Qedarites in the Old Testament and Arabaa by the Assyrians (ar-ba-a-a being a nisba of the noun Arab, a name still used for Bedouins today). They are referred to as the Aarab (أعراب) in the Koran.
While many Bedouins have abandoned their nomadic and tribal traditions for modern urban lifestyle, they retain traditional Bedouin culture with concepts of belonging to ʿašāʾir, traditional music, poetry, dances (like Saas), and many other cultural practices. Urbanised Bedouins also organise cultural festivals, usually held several times a year, in which they gather with other Bedouins to partake in, and learn about, various Bedouin traditions - from poetry recitation and traditional sword dances, to classes teaching traditional tent knitting and playing traditional Bedouin musical instruments. Traditions like camel riding and camping in the deserts are also popular leisure activities for urbanised Bedouins who live within close proximity to deserts or other wilderness areas.
Actors: Ana Moreno (producer), Nora Alsharif (director), Nora Alsharif (editor), Jamila Aladdin (costume designer), Hans Lucas (editor), Jessica Snyder (costume designer), Ibrahim Abbas (actor), Shadi Salah (actor), Khaled al Ghwairi (actor), Yazan Al Rousan (miscellaneous crew), Hatem Alsharif (writer), Suhad al Khatib (miscellaneous crew), Dalia Naber (miscellaneous crew), Mohammed Ibrahimi (actor), Nizar Idrees (actor),
Plot: Inspired by the late Palestinian painter Ismail Shammout (1930-2006), Ismail tells the compelling story of a young Palestinian struggling to support his parents after their expulsion to a Refugee camp in 1948 by the Israeli forces. Despite the wretched life and distressing conditions he holds to his dream to go to Rome to learn painting. One day and after selling cakes at the train station with his little brother, they heedlessly enter a minefield. As Ismail faces death, and in his struggle to save himself and his brother, we discover his true spirit.
Genres: Biography, Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Peter Sarsgaard (actor), Sam Mendes (director), Chris Cooper (actor), Steve Nguyen (actor), Thomas Newman (composer), Albert Wolsky (costume designer), John Krasinski (actor), Laz Alonso (actor), Ming Lo (actor), Jake Gyllenhaal (actor), Jacob Vargas (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), James D. Dever (miscellaneous crew), Walter Murch (editor),
Plot: Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 days of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go?
Keywords: 1980s, 1990s, accidental-killing, african-american, airplane, airplane-stewardess, american-football, american-soldier, anti-war, anusActors: Peter Sarsgaard (actor), Sam Mendes (director), Chris Cooper (actor), Steve Nguyen (actor), Thomas Newman (composer), Albert Wolsky (costume designer), John Krasinski (actor), Laz Alonso (actor), Ming Lo (actor), Jake Gyllenhaal (actor), Jacob Vargas (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), James D. Dever (miscellaneous crew), Walter Murch (editor),
Plot: Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 days of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go?
Keywords: 1980s, 1990s, accidental-killing, african-american, airplane, airplane-stewardess, american-football, american-soldier, anti-war, anusActors: Christoph Hagen Dittmann (actor), Jessica Franz (producer), Thomas Frick (editor), Thomas Frick (writer), Thomas Frick (director), Stefan Zwanzger (writer), Stefan Zwanzger (producer), Bueldhauer (composer), Ahmed Ben Mansour (actor),
Plot: Taboo! Down in the wadi, in a wooden box, as the Bedouins told, is a dangerous animal. Superstition, the tourist says: we must catch it! Oh no, the Bedouins cry: dangerous! If you are so afraid about it, why don't you take a handgranate? And fate takes its way...
Keywords: 1930s, arab, arabian, arrest, blackout, camel, campfire, desert, destiny, explosionActors: Peter Sarsgaard (actor), Sam Mendes (director), Chris Cooper (actor), Steve Nguyen (actor), Thomas Newman (composer), Albert Wolsky (costume designer), John Krasinski (actor), Laz Alonso (actor), Ming Lo (actor), Jake Gyllenhaal (actor), Jacob Vargas (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), James D. Dever (miscellaneous crew), Walter Murch (editor),
Plot: Anthony "Swoff" Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. He malingers during boot camp, but makes it through as a sniper, paired with the usually-reliable Troy. The Gulf War breaks out, and his unit goes to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. After 175 days of boredom, adrenaline, heat, worry about his girlfriend finding someone else, losing it and nearly killing a mate, demotion, latrine cleaning, faulty gas masks, and desert football, Desert Storm begins. In less than five days, it's over, but not before Swoff sees burned bodies, flaming oil derricks, an oil-drenched horse, and maybe a chance at killing. Where does all the testosterone go?
Keywords: 1980s, 1990s, accidental-killing, african-american, airplane, airplane-stewardess, american-football, american-soldier, anti-war, anusActors: Michel Piccoli (actor), Honoré de Balzac (writer), José Nieto (composer), Nicolas Gaster (editor), Jamil Dehlavi (producer), Stuart St. Paul (miscellaneous crew), Alton Walpole (producer), Puneet Sira (miscellaneous crew), Ben Daniels (actor), Kenneth Collard (actor), Jane Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Gerard Naprous (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Naprous (miscellaneous crew), Shuna Harwood (costume designer), Luis Miguel Cobo (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt's great monuments and temples that are destroyed by French soldiers in acts of barbarism. During combat, Augustin and Jean-Michel are separated from their regiment, and they start wandering through the desert fighting for their life. In one of the canyons Augustin meets a leopard he names Simoom and a strange bond between them appears.
Keywords: 1790s, animal, animal-attack, ant, antelope, arab, arm-amputation, army, army-officer, artistActors: Michel Piccoli (actor), Honoré de Balzac (writer), José Nieto (composer), Nicolas Gaster (editor), Jamil Dehlavi (producer), Stuart St. Paul (miscellaneous crew), Alton Walpole (producer), Puneet Sira (miscellaneous crew), Ben Daniels (actor), Kenneth Collard (actor), Jane Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Gerard Naprous (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Naprous (miscellaneous crew), Shuna Harwood (costume designer), Luis Miguel Cobo (miscellaneous crew),
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Genres: Comedy,Actors: Donald Kerr (actor), Fred Clark (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Jim Backus (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Richard Deacon (actor), Scott Brady (actor), James Brolin (actor), Leon Askin (actor), Jerome Cowan (actor), Jackie Coogan (actor), Harry Morgan (actor), Charles Lane (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Donald Kerr (actor), Fred Clark (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Jim Backus (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Richard Deacon (actor), Scott Brady (actor), James Brolin (actor), Leon Askin (actor), Jerome Cowan (actor), Jackie Coogan (actor), Harry Morgan (actor), Charles Lane (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Is it time to accept
Is it time to smile and rest
Is that all there is
Is it time to believe
In a theory of destinies
If it's true that the end
is nothing but
"this"
I trust it
Time to say "I'm only human"
You think it might be too late
But it's never even been time
Realize now that the ice
is meant to melt
And no one feels sorry
For the good times
Is it time to accept
Shall we smile and rest
Is it meant to be like this
If it's meant to be like this