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Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of “The Odyssey" filmed in the Western Sahara, a disputed territory inhabited by the Indigenous Sahrawi people.
Christopher Nolan is facing criticism for filming parts of his upcoming “The Odyssey” in the Western Sahara, 70% of which is occupied by Morocco. The director has been filming the highly anticipated ...
Christopher Nolan is filming parts of The Odyssey in the disputed Western Sahara region. The decision has drawn criticism ...
Situated in the harsh Sahara desert with limited access to economic opportunities, over 80% of Sahrawi refugees rely entirely ...
The European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to Sahrawi refugees in Algeria through sustained funding for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), enabling the delivery of vital food ...
South of the Algerian town of Tindouf on the border with Western Sahara are five refugee camps. The camps are home to the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara and are administered by their freedom ...
A Sahrawi-Australian woman has called for more recognition of her people's struggle for independence in the Western Sahara. The disputed territory is known as the last African colonial state yet ...
Gaby Alamin says she is the only Sahrawi woman living in Australia. She wants people to know about where she grew up. Sahrawi-Australian woman Gaby Alamin has called for more recognition of her ...
The Sahrawi independence movement, the Polisario Front, initially formed to oust the Spanish, now operates as a government-in-exile from the camps around Tindouf.
I first went to the Western Sahara in 2008 for the Sahara International Film Festival, the only one of its kind to take place in a refugee camp. I went there knowing only a little about the ...
Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey faces backlash for filming in disputed territory, sparking debate on cultural ...
Christopher Nolan is facing backlash for filming parts of The Odyssey in Western Sahara, 70 percent of which is occupied by ...