MetaFilter posts tagged with omar

Omar lives

Airhen — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:42:28 -0800

Apparently, in real life, Omar makes it.

Culture Films just out of Iraq

unpoppy — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:15:24 -0800

Beckhal’s Tears is the first film to safely come out of Iraq addressing the current discord for women in the region and the culture. Laund Omar is only the third director to bring a completed film out of Iraqi Kurdistan after seeing "that nobody was doing anything for the youth, not in society and not in the media" in this region. Placing rave-pop dancer Ozzie Aziz in the lead role, this film has recieved middle eastern and international recognition, but of course has slipped through popular American press attention.

Al-Qaeda chief breaks out of jail

soiled cowboy — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:26:46 -0800

Newsfilter: Al-Qaeda chief breaks out of jail. Al-Qaeda's former South-East Asian chief has escaped from a US military prison in Afghanistan. The escape of Omar al-Faruq, with three other alleged terrorists, from the Bagram Air Base in July was suppressed, emerging only after he failed to testify at a US military tribunal on Tuesday.

Antiwar protests in Iraq

swerdloff — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:03:02 -0800

Antiwar protests have broken out in Iraq and Iraqi blogger Zayed has photographs from the rally. Album 1, Album 2, Album 3. Blogger Omar is covering the protest too.