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Foreign bureau chef "Head of the Turkish Desk" is how journalist Arad Nir, the head of the foreign desk at Channel 2, jokingly refers to himself. In about a week, his book, "Hamisada Hagedola Ba'olam" (The Biggest Restaurant in the World) is to be released by Aryeh Nir Publishing.
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The Ajami effect "It was nice, but most of the time we were outside, smoking cigarettes. It was an amazing show, the kind the Americans know how to put on. Now we're waiting for the car to come and pick us up, so we can go and meet our friends," said Scandar Copti, the director of "Ajami," on Monday morning, a few minutes after the end of the Oscar ceremony in which the Argentinean movie "El Secreto de sus ojos" (The Secret in Their Eyes) beat "Ajami" for the best foreign language film award.
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Playing himself to tears Next week, Ivo Pogorelich will come to Israel for a series of recitals in Israel. On the program are Frederic Chopin's Nocturne No. 2 and Sonata No. 3, Franz Liszt's "Mephisto Waltz" and Maurice Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit."
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Stage Animal / In Hebrew, 'play' is feminine The Israeli theater is in pretty good shape when it comes to gender equality, with women serving in several major managerial positions as well as writers, directors, lighting designers and, of course, actors International Women's Day was marked around the world yesterday, for the 99th time. (It was first held on March 19, 1911 in honor of the date in 1848, during the Spring of Nations, on which the King of Prussia promised to grant women the right to vote. He did not keep his promise). The day after, once we have sobered up and the festivities have ended, is a time for a routine review of the status of women in the world of Israeli theater.
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