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...EMIR OF QATAR In a belated observance of Father's Day, the Emir is ousted from power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Jul. 10, 1995 | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

directed by Emir Kusturica...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: 'Arizona' Dreamin' Of a Hipper Movie | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

...other works of Bosnian director Emir Kusturica include the acclaimed "Time of the Gypsies" and "When Father Was Away on Business." Made in 1992, "Arizona Dream," has the potential to be a hip dissection of American pop culture. But Kusturica is more interested in exploiting the film's visceral visual power. His shots of the American Southwest achieve the finesse of Gus Van Sant's landscapes. Iggy Pop's musical score enlivens the hazy atmosphere...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: 'Arizona' Dreamin' Of a Hipper Movie | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

...talks continued, Algerian police, using night-vision devices, identified the hijack leader as Abdul Abdullah Yahia, 25, alias "the Emir." A petty thief and a greengrocer from the tough Algiers neighborhood of Bab El Oued, Yahia was described as belonging to the G.I.A. and a man who had taken part in earlier "attacks of rare violence and savagery." The negotiators said Yahia spoke "approximate" French, seemed "intellectually limited" and ended every sentence with "Inch'Allah," or God willing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Anatomy of a Hijack | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...American embassy being run temporarily by the ambassador's bumbling son (Michael J. Fox). Despite its dated cold war plot, the 1966 play shows that Allen even at this early stage was a skilled farceur. The Hollanders' presence in the embassy causes mounting chaos involving a visiting emir, a fugitive priest who does magic and a stuffy embassy official who gets conked on the head and thinks he's the Wright Brothers. Both of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Pre-Bananas | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

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