Festival to focus on global rights.Byline: REBECCA Rebecca or Rebekah (both: rēbĕk`ə), wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob. One day, as was her custom, she drew water at the city well; while there she showed kindness to Eliezer, Abraham's servant. TORR DISCRIMINATION, women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and , tolerance and conflicts in Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan will be the main focus of an international film festival in Bahrain next year. Organisers of the third Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival are calling on regional and international filmmakers to send in their entries."We will give priority to films about regional issues," said festival executive director Nasser Burdestani. The annual festival is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa. It will be held from May 1 to 4, under the patronage Patronage See also Philanthropy. Alidoro fairy godfather to Italian Cinderella. [Ital. Opera: Rossini, Cinderella, Westerman, 120–121] Alphonso, Don supports Bias in return for political favors. [Fr. Lit. of His Majesty
Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was adopted without dissent but with eight abstentions. anniversary, Labour Day on May 1 and the World Press Freedom Day on May 3. Films or documentaries should be sent in DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. or video format to PO Box 21737, Manama, Bahrain. Entries should include a brief about the film, production year and subject. Films produced before January 2005 will not be accepted. The closing date for entries is January 31, 2010. Selected films will be competing to win the following awards: Best Feature Film Award, Best Documentary Film Award, Best Director of Feature Films, Best Director of Documentary Films, Best Actor/Actress, Jury Team Award and Best Film as Selected by the Audience. Entries will be judged by a panel of rights activists and film experts who will be appointed in co-ordination with Bahrain Cinema Club. The final list of the selected films will be announced by the end of February next year. The event is supported by the Culture and Information Ministry. For more information or to sponsor, e-mail info@bhriff.com or visit www.bhriff.com. Copyright 2009 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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