Gumnam din (Missing Days) is a short movie of 27 minutes directed, written and researched by Ekta Mittal. The movie was shot in Hindi language and released in the year 2019. The film was funded by the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) and edited by Abhro Banerjee. The soulful music was given by Mrithunjay Sharma […]
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The Present, directed by Farah Nabulsi and written by Hind Shofani is a short film of 23minutes. The film received wide international recognition; it won the ‘International Audience Prize’ in the 2020 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, as well as the BAFTA Film Award 2021, the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2020, along with 30 other
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The Global and Asian Perspectives on International Migration is part of a book series aimed at understanding the future of policies on migration and their linkages with development issues. This particular anthology synthesizes the contributions of migration experts from Asia, Europe, and North America who attended a conference in April 2013 on recent empirical case
Documentary. In Arabic, with English subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 35 minutes. A mother is singing to her baby daughter, a loud explosion outside, a cry for evacuation. With just twenty seconds into the documentary, it is apparent that For Sama brings to the table something that has never before been captured in the Syrian
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Chal Mera Putt ( Let’s Go, My Son! ) is a light-hearted Indian Punjabi-language comic movie. The movie was directed by Janjot Singh, co-produced by Rhythm Boyz Entertainment, Gillz Network, and Omjee Star Studios, and released in July 2019. It is available on amazon prime video with English subtitles. The movie is based on the
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In the book Human Trafficking and Security in Southern Africa: The South African and Mozambican Experience, Richard Obinna Iroanya deals with the widespread issue of human trafficking. The author considers the problem of human trafficking as a threat to national security as well as a threat to the security of human rights. In addition to
In the book Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights, Jasmin Lilian Diab as an editor, attempts to knit the expertise of academicians across disciplines with the motive to cover wide-ranging aspects related to migration. The editor is a professional in Migration Studies, currently positioned as Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University. She has
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“Migration at Work: Aspirations, Imaginaries & Structures of Mobility” is a volume published in 2020 which offers a multidisciplinary approach towards migration. This book comprises empirical research in various fields providing valuable scholarship and evidence on current processes of migration and mobility. A wide range of geographical coverage can be seen in the book chapters.
Our Moon Has Blood Clots is a memoir about the lost home in Kashmir by Rahul Pandita, published in 2013. The author narrates the plight of Kashmiri Pandit’s migration to different parts of India in the 1990s. The book is divided into five parts which describe the different phases of the history of Kashmir, but
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Refugees at Home is a documentary about the Migrant workers who were stuck at different workplaces in Goa after the announcement of a nationwide lockdown call given by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 24th March 2020. It is produced and directed by the national geographic explorer and filmmaker Malaika Vazand was published
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