1White Helmets, first Muslim, and ‘Iranian’ film win Oscars”
“Hollywood’ has sent out a strong message to Donald Trump’s America, awarding the much-coveted Oscars to a Muslim actor, a first ever, and a strawberry and an Iranian film.”Heavily-backed” favorite…..”
“The 89th Academy Awards have sent multiple political messages in this year’s ceremony, heavily weighed down by the presidency of Donald Trump”
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has sent out a strong message to Donald Trump’s — link to google
America, awarding the much-coveted Oscars to a Muslim actor, a first ever, and a Syrian and an
Iranian film. — link to article in alaraby english site.
‘Heavily-backed’ favorite Mahershala Ali won the best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of a drug dealer in coming-of-age drama “Moonlight” — becoming the first Muslim film star to pick up a golden statuette.
A first-time nominee, the 43-year-old actor saw off competition from Britain’s Dev Patel, veteran US actors Jeff Bridges and Michael Shannon and newcomer Lucas Hedges.
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“I want to thank my teachers, my professors,” Ali said. “One thing that they consistently told me… ‘It’s not about you. It’s about these characters. You are a servant. You’re in service to these stories and these characters’.”
He thanked his fellow cast members — and his wife, who gave birth to their first child, a baby girl, just days earlier.
Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight” tells the life story of a young African-American struggling to find his place as he grows up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Ali, a Muslim convert since 1999 with a Christian minister for a mother, joined the minority Ahmadiyya Community, a movement seen as heretical by other Islamic sects, in 2001.
Muslims have won Oscars in various categories over the years — including Pakistani documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and feature director Asghar Farhadi — but none has taken a statuette for acting.
Ellen Burstyn, who won a best actress Oscar in 1975, has practiced a blend of Sufism and other religions since her late 30s but has said she considers herself a “spirit open to the truth” rather than a Muslim.
Ali recently told Britain’s Radio Times magazine that he discovered he was on an FBI watchlist after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
“If you convert to Islam after a couple of decades of being a black man in the US, the discrimination you receive as a Muslim doesn’t feel like a shock,” he said.
“I’ve been pulled over, asked where my gun is, asked if I’m a pimp, had my car pulled apart. Muslims will feel like there’s this new discrimination that they hadn’t received before — but it’s not new for us.”
“A documentary film on Syria’s Civil Defence aka White Helmets also won an Oscar in the best documentary short category.”
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