http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 22 May 2013 14:48:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/12/actress-samira-mohamed-ali-anyone-can-be-in-a-film-but-to-be-accepted-by-the-locals-that%e2%80%99s-what-i-achieved/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/12/actress-samira-mohamed-ali-anyone-can-be-in-a-film-but-to-be-accepted-by-the-locals-that%e2%80%99s-what-i-achieved/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:13:01 +0000 James Legge http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29810 It’s a long way from Neath to Bangalore. But Samira Mohamed Ali already has a foothold in the Indian film-making industry. She’s the first British actor to star in a Kannada film, the Bangalore-based film industry]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/12/actress-samira-mohamed-ali-anyone-can-be-in-a-film-but-to-be-accepted-by-the-locals-that%e2%80%99s-what-i-achieved/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/12/the-invisible-cinema-why-arabic-cinema-is-yet-to-get-noticed-in-the-west/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/12/the-invisible-cinema-why-arabic-cinema-is-yet-to-get-noticed-in-the-west/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:17:20 +0000 Robert Zak http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29123 Last month's Safar film festival was undoubtedly an eye-opener for the people who attended. Focusing on some of the most popular films to come out of Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan in the past half a century, the festival showed that the region has plenty of talent both in front of and behind the camera, but is lacking the resources to get wider recognition in the West.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/12/the-invisible-cinema-why-arabic-cinema-is-yet-to-get-noticed-in-the-west/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/18/toy-story-4-nelson-mandela-louise-casey-rajesh-khanna/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/18/toy-story-4-nelson-mandela-louise-casey-rajesh-khanna/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:24:13 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26488 A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/18/toy-story-4-nelson-mandela-louise-casey-rajesh-khanna/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/newsnight-ek-tha-tiger-martin-mcguinness-and-when-harry-met-sally-why-are-they-trending/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/newsnight-ek-tha-tiger-martin-mcguinness-and-when-harry-met-sally-why-are-they-trending/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:31:59 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25729 A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/27/newsnight-ek-tha-tiger-martin-mcguinness-and-when-harry-met-sally-why-are-they-trending/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/09/white-women-in-forced-marriage-triangle/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/09/white-women-in-forced-marriage-triangle/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:34:09 +0000 Charlotte Rachael Proudman http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=20186 What are the consequences of forced marriage for white women who fall in love with forbidden Asian men?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/09/white-women-in-forced-marriage-triangle/feed/ 20