Word: kaabourã
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...basis of Kaabour??s documentary seems superficial—he and co-director Timothy Schwamb interviewed people from Montreal named “Osama” about the effect of Sept. 11 on their lives—but serves as a vehicle for a more comprehensive discussion of the diversity of the Canadian Arab community and the modern state of pluralism in North America...
...combining personal narrative and a backdrop of political tension, Kaabour??s film could be seen as a public service announcement against intolerance as well as a slice of life cinematographic exploration of character. While Osama El-Demerdash, eager and willing to leave Canada, visibly shakes with frustration at pending arrest charges for a political demonstration, fellow Egyptian Osama El-Naggar plays poker with friends in a local hookah bar and thinks of French as his first language...
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