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A FILM LOVER BUILT AN OASIS IN DUBAI’S DESERT METROPOLIS

UBAI’S FIRST ART-HOUSE CINEMA WAS VERY NEARLY among the casualties of COVID-19. Sudan Film Week was about to begin at Cinema Akil when the virus hit in early 2020. Lockdown orders forced what founder Butheina Kazim calls a “very precarious situation.” But offering subscription-based online film screenings helped the fledgling enterprise survive, and in June 2020, Cinema Akil reopened as a place for

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