Middle East Institute: In a historic first, three Arab films—all dealing with the political and social challenges faced by Arab youth—were nominated for Academy Awards this past March for best foreign language film (Omar, Palestine), best documentary feature (The Square, Egypt), and best documentary short (Karama Has No Walls, Yemen). Though none took home the Oscar, their recognition by Hollywood is a tribute to the high quality of Middle East filmmaking and, by extension, the importance and value of supporting and empowering Arab artists and their work.
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Wow, there have been so many excellent articles this week on the positive influences of art throughout the world. Its very uplifting of course to hear about the social and political change that can be brought on through art. Its really important that the Arab youth be pushing for change, as this article describes. In addition to these changes though, its influencing the Arab world in a more measurable way, through the growth in jobs. In a society where there has been a tradition of lacking support for the arts, its very helpful to have statistics you can point to to show that art is undoubtably helping the community.
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