Toronto Hidden Gem: Romance, Hamas and Ancient Greek Penises in 'Gaza Mon Amour'

Juliette Greco, a French singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of the country’s post-War period, has died, French media said Wednesday. She was 93.

France, near Saint Tropez.The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, tweeted that “a very grand lady, an immense artist has gone.”With expressive eyes inherited from her Greek ancestors and an impossibly deep, raspy voice -- acquired from years of cigarette-smoking -- Greco immortalized some of France’s most recognizable songs in an enduring seven-decade career, including the classics “Soul le ciel de Paris” (Under the Parisian sky) and “Je hais les dimanches” (I hate Sundays).Greco was born in

Parts of Greece are being being battered by a rare 'medicane'.The Mediterranean cyclone, named Ianos, is causing hurricane-force winds with the possibility of flooding in the western coastal area.The Hellenic National Meteorological Service issued an extraordinary weather and gale warning ahead of the storms landing on Thursday afternoon.The cyclone has already battered the Ionian islands of Zakynthos (Zante), Kefalonia and Ithaca, and is predicted to hit Ilia and Messinia in the Peloponnese

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Greece.Hislop has used Greece as the setting for several of her historical novels. In her first book, “The Island,” published in 2005, the action takes place near the Greek island of Crete.

Tamer Nafar “My mom can hardly see, so I want the whole world to see us.”That’s what MCA Abdul, the 12-year-old from Gaza who recently went viral when a video of him rapping while flanked by his schoolmates was posted to Instagram, told me when we first got on the phone to talk. He was describing how his mother suffered from CNV bleeding in both eyes and had surgery to treat it in Egypt around 2007.

Christos Nikou was there at the start of the Greek Weird Wave as the assistant director on Yorgos Lanthimos' dark comedy Dogtooth (2009), the movie that launched the absurdist cinema movement partly inspired by the chaos in Greece triggered by the global financial crisis. More than a decade later, Nikou is adding his own twist to the movement with his assured directorial debut.

A minimalist deadpan dramedy with serious political undertones, Gaza Mon Amour offers up a vision of the Palestinian situation at once realistic and absurdist, revealing how even the simplest of love stories can be thwarted by a repressive government, collective human foibles and an ancient Greek statue with a major erection.

Middle East to face a year in prison on drugs charges.Conor Howard's Step-dad Robert has told the Daily Record he was denied bail at a court hearing in Corfu today, as he faces the wait to hear if he will be extradited to Qatar after a court in the capital of Doha charged him with being in possession of a narcotic substance in October last year.Yesterday we told how the 27-year-old Edinburgh man, was who was living and working in Australia in 2019, told his family he was initially arrested at

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticChristos Nikou couldn’t have anticipated the almost unrecognizable world into which he would be releasing his debut feature, “Apples,” but it’s a testament to the strength of this lonely and aloof tragicomedy’s central allegory that it adapts so well to our pear-shaped times.

police after a mother-of-four from Yorkshire was struck and killed by a speedboat while swimming off the Greek island of Corfu. Local media reports have described three “young” people who are being held by the authorities following the death of the victim, Claire Glatman, 60.Mrs Glatman is said to have been enjoying a regular morning swim in the sea just off Avlaki Beach when the boat hit her.She was on holiday with her husband Mark, 63, and one of her daughters.

Greek island of Corfu, according to local reports.  The woman was struck by the vessel’s propeller and is understood to have suffered severe leg injuries. Bathers close to Avlaki Beach on the north-east side of the island discovered her on Monday morning, local news site EPT have reported.It said she had been hit by a speedboat towing a water skier and that the vessel fled the scene.The 60-year-old was rushed to Corfu General Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.EPT said the victim's

Billie Faiers has been left in hysterics after watching her husband fall victim to a hilarious prank.The Mummy Diaries star and Greg Shepherd had just returned from a sun-soaked holiday in Greece with their two children Nelly, six, and three year old Arthur. It seems 30 year old Billie hadn't quite gotten out of the holiday mood though as upon their return she schemed a foolproof practical joke on her other half.