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Vahabzadeh, Susan
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Hamburger Lessons' by Romauld Karmakar
In his new film director Romauld Karmakar has actor Manfred Zapatka read aloud two sermons written by the Moroccan Imam Mohammed Fazazi. Fazazi preached at the Hamburg mosque attended by terrorists who planned September 11. Susan Vahabzadeh comments on the unique character of Fazazi's sermons: "It begins quite harmlessly but gains steadily in momentum... until he reaches the issues of real importance to him - that all the rules within Islam regarding the protection of people of other faiths don't apply in the West, because the Westerner is a walking threat and thus his rights to protection, life and everything he owns are rendered null and void. Fazazi plays a treacherous game with discrimination and inferiority complexes... In the end it is secondary whether or not Mohammed Atta listened to this preacher. It is almost more disturbing that in a room full of people who are mostly not terrorists, no one protests."
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Venice and Rome as film festival rivals
"No matter who ends up winning this film festival feud – and at the moment things are looking good for Venice – the clash with Rome is still bad news," writes Susan Vahabzadeh. "For sure, competition gives the business a boost, but even if Rome does end up giving Venice a higher profile and more cinematographic credit, money is in short supply in Venice. It needs a new festival palace, and now that there's another applicant for the little funding available, all hopes of a quick way out of its financial plight have evaporated. But for now the Venetians have declared a film war on their competitors. Rome won't be able to match the programme put together by Marco Müller, in his third year as director of the festival. Müller has concocted a potent mixture of exciting, big films and cinematographic rarities – and there's plenty of Hollywood glamour, too."
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