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many “multifunctional pockets”  — my mother found her passport. Again.And I contemplated taking my emergency Valium.

Israel in its war with Hamas, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on the organization Sunday.This declaration followed the Hamas terrorist attacks on Saturday, which have been called the largest escalation in the region in five decades. The attacks resulted in more than 600 fatalities among Israeli civilians and in an unknown number of Israelis being taken hostage by Hamas. Additionally, at least four Americans were confirmed dead.

Due to coronavirus concerns movie theaters have been shuttered across most of the Middle East where the United Arab Emirates, which is the region’s top market, on Saturday also announced closure of Hollywood theme parks including Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi and the Legoland Waterpark in Dubai.

India, Poland and some territories in the Middle East are the latest areas where movie theaters are rapidly being shuttered as the the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared a global coronavirus pandemic. 

Veteran U.S. film and TV executive Michael Garin has been appointed CEO of Abu Dhabi’s twofour54, the outfit that provides infrastructure and incentives to more than 500 entertainment companies and drives media and entertainment industry growth in the United Arab Emirates.

MBC Studios, the Saudi-owned production unit of top Middle Eastern free-to-air satellite network MBC Group is set to launch “Blood Oath,” an Arabic crime series written by Britain’s Tony Jordan (“EastEnders,” “Life on Mars”).