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As America votes for Donald J Trump for the second time  , Shabby And Man want to have a word with their American friends. Though Man noticed that most American Indians just love Trump.  Also Shabby gets to see the new exhibition on the Great Mughals at the V & A museum in London. And Man gives you the lowdown on who won the Booker Prize and what the novel is about. All this and more on your favourite Desi podcast. Partners, parents and broadcasters Shabby and Man. He started in London She started in Delhi, somewhere on the way their paths crossed. From hosting the weekend breakfast show on the radio together in India to their life now in London, everything's on the menu! Currently Shabby (Shabnam Dutta Sahi) is one of the most listened to Asian radio presenters in the UK, while Man has been mostly drinking copious amounts of Artisan coffee and contemplating life. ( In English with a smattering of Hindi ) all eps approx 20 mins. Follow us on socials and don't forget to rate/review & subscribe Thanks. Twitter https://twitter.com/shabbyandman?lang=en-GB https://twitter.com/mansahi Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shabbymanpodcast/?hl=en-gb facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/shabnam.sahi/ https://www.facebook.com/ShabbyandMan/    

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In this episode, Maori talks with critically-acclaimed director, writer, and actor Cherien Dabis. Cherien is known for directing episodes of Only Murders In the Building, Ozark, and Ramy. In addition to her work in television, Cherien has had a prolific career as an independent filmmaker with her films May in Summer and her groundbreaking 2009 debut feature, Amreeka, which depicted the life of a Palestinian single mother in small-town Indiana. In their discussion, Cherien talks about her directing style, what she learned from the actors she has worked with, and how her experiences as the child of immigrants and an Arab woman lends a much-needed perspective to American popular media. Subscribe to Many Lumens wherever you listen to your podcasts and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @manylumens for the latest.All episode transcripts and show notes are available at manylumens.com.Many Lumens is brought to you by the Open Society Foundations.

It's Arab American Heritage Month, and to celebrate, we're going to be talking about the portrayal of Arab and Arab American characters in film. While many Arab characters in Hollywood still suffer from stereotyping or inaccuracies, many filmmakers in the Arab world are working to counteract that with their work. Joining us to discuss, and to provide a list of films to check out this month, is Yasmina Tawil, director of film programming at the Arab Film & Media Institute. Yasmina Recommends: "Amreeka" (2009) dir. Cherien Dabis - USA"Salt of this Sea" (2008) dir. Annemarie Jacir - Palestine"Caramel" (2007) dir. Nadine Labaki - Lebanon"West Beirut" (1998) dir. Ziad Doueriri - Lebanon"Yommedine" (2018) dir. Abu Bakr Shawky - Egypt"Barakah Meets Barakah" (2016) dir. Mahmoud Sabbagh - Saudi Arabia  

You might know Hiam Abbass as the enigmatic Marcia Roy in the hit TV series "Succession", or as the Egyptian-American mother Maysa in the award-winning comedy "Ramy". Or perhaps you know her for her roles in acclaimed films such as the Oscar-nominated drama "Paradise Now", as well as "Amreeka" and "The Syrian Bride". Her latest film is a romantic comedy set in Gaza, "Gaza Mon Amour". 

Cherien Dabis talks with Aisha Mershani, and stand-in cohost Roya Rastegar, about her Palestinian identity and how she represents Palestine in Hollywood. Cherien talks about the haters, and the supporters, in the industry and how she has navigated it all. She also gets personal about her queer identity and how that played a role in her work and life. The three discussed her films Amreeka and May in the Summer, the TV shows she's worked on, such as the original L Word, and Ramy, the latest violence by Israel and the subsequent online activism for Palestine. 

Kitchen Windows is a side-project of the Sunday Night Dinner podcast. In this time of Covid-19 and social isolation, it’s a chance to have a brief look into the kitchens of writers, musicians, chefs, artists and health-care superstars. What can they see out their window? What are they cooking for comfort? Who are they with? How do they spend their days? Cherien Dabis is a celebrated filmmaker, writer, actor and director. She has written and directed two feature films – AMREEKA, and MAY IN THE SUMMER. AMREEKA world-premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, opened New Director’s/New Films at the MoMA and won the coveted International Federation of Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI) in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. It went on to win a dozen more international awards including the Humanitas Prize and Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award and was nominated for a Best Picture Gotham Award, 3 Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Picture, Best First Screenplay and Best Actress and was named one of the Top Ten Independent Films of the Year by the National Board of Review. Dabis was also named one of Variety’s “Ten Directors to Watch” in 2009. AMREEKA was released theatrically worldwide and became the most-screened Arab-directed film in U.S.-cinema history, peaking at 40 screens across most major American cities. Dabis returned to Sundance with her second feature film MAY IN THE SUMMER, which opened the 2013 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition section and had its international premiere at the Venice Film Festival. In it, she makes her onscreen debut alongside Bill Pullman, Alia Shawkat and Hiam Abbass. With the screenplay, Dabis won a Sundance / Time Warner Storytelling Grant, several Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Grants as well as the prestigious NHK International Filmmaker Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. She was one of the writers and producers of the TV series the L-WORD, and she’s directed two episodes in the third season of the Netflix series OZARK, and a number of episodes of the Hulu show, RAMY. You can find her here: http://cheriendabis.me/

Visit www.cbjmusic.com for more! I am excited to welcome Chris B. Jácome to DDON.LIFE. Chris is one my favorite musicians. Chris is the artistic director and creator, Jácome Flamenco  Chris writes the music and lyrics for all of the touring company's productions and has toured extensively throughout the US and beyond.   In November of 2015, Chris' first feature film score "Just the Vampire Hunter" was released and is receiving RAVE REVIEWS!Chris’ compositions can be heard scoring the Emmy Award Winning PBS television special: “Flamenco” (broadcast in Arizona by KAET-TV Channel 8: Mike Sauceda, producer) and on popular TV shows such as "Touch", “Kyle xy” and “Greek”. Two of Chris’ original songs appeared in the film “Amreeka” which was a jury selection for the Sundance Film Festival and won the Fipresci Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009. Chris’ flamenco version of the Christmas Classic, “Joy to the World”, was included in Coldwater Creek Catalogue’s 2004 Christmas CD. Additionally, Chris can be heard as the featured soloist in the movie soundtrack of the feature film, “9/tenths”. Chris’ music has received critical acclaim from the beginning of his career. From Chris’ debut CD, Motivación, the title track “Motivación” finished in the Top 10 in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest World Music Category. Since his first CD’s debut Chris has written and recorded three other original flamenco albums: Pa’lante,  Flamenco and LEVANTO. LEVANTO features the music, lyrics and even the footwork from the flamenco spectacular by flamenco dance company, CALO FLAMENCO. TWO of Chris’ original songs from LEVANTO,  “Ritmo-Canix” and "Sin Ti" won the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest!

Tobias has worked on a variety of films over the years and in different locations including: Chaurahen in India, How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, Drama/Mex and I’m Gonna Explode in Mexico, and Amreeka in Ramallah, Manitoba, and Chicago. Tobias was also the director of photographer on Momma’s Man and Terri for Azazel Jacobs.  Tobias has done additional photography on the films: The Future and First Position. More recently Tobias was Director of Photography on the film, Smashed, about a married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.

This week’s podcast features Alia Malek presenting her new book “A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories” at Chapman University in Orange County during her West Coast book tour. This tour was organized by Levantine Cultural Center, and cosponsored by Chapman University’s Political Science and Peace Studies departments and the Arab Club, the Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley (San Jose), and the Arab Cultural & Community Center of San Francisco, with support from the Arab American Anti-Discrimination (ADC), The Free Press and the Network of Arab American Professionals, Los Angeles and Orange County chapters. Special thanks to the Arab American Historical Society. This was recorded on November 9, 2009.