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Mohamed Ali Ayari, a rapper from a down-at-heel Tunis district, listens to headphones at a recording studio in Douar Hicher on March 1, 2023. The Tunisian capital's working-class districts have suffered from decades of state neglect and poor services, and residents say the stigma attached to their neighbourhoods shuts them out of the job market.
Mohamed Ali Ayari, a rapper from a down-at-heel Tunis district, listens to headphones at a recording studio in Douar Hicher on March 1, 2023. The Tunisian capital's working-class districts have suffered from decades of state neglect and poor services, and residents say the stigma attached to their neighbourhoods shuts them out of the job market.
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Rap battle: young Tunisians fight stigma with the arts

The Tunisian capital's working-class districts have suffered from decades of state neglect and poor services, and residents say the stigma attached to their neighbourhoods shuts them out of the job market.

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Citra Award-winning actress Nani Wijaya dies at 78

Nani featured in over 100 films and various TV soap operas throughout of her lifelong career.

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Once dying, then a novelty, vinyl is back and thriving

The latest report from the Recording Industry Association of America said that in 2022 more record units were sold than compact discs for the first time in three decades, with consumers snagging 41 million pieces of new vinyl last year compared to 33 million CDs. 

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‘Forgotten’ Afghan stories highlighted in two new films from Netflix, Nat Geo

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Project Market Indonesiana Film returns in search for stories worth telling

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The 2022 Indonesian Film Festival celebrates women and local film industry’s growth

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Absurdist-punk band Leipzig makes music from chaos

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Elton John ends US leg of farewell tour with starry Dodger Stadium show

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Actor Michael J. Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's advocacy

Actor Michael J. Fox, who charmed audiences in 1980s TV comedy Family Ties and the Back to the Future movies, received an honorary Oscar on Saturday for advocacy work that has raised US$1.5 billion for research into Parkinson's disease.

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Climate activists occupy Gordon Ramsay restaurant

Climate change activists occupied celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's three-star Michelin restaurant in London on Saturday evening, demanding an overhaul of the United Kingdom's food system.

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Charlize Theron under fire over Afrikaans ‘a dying language’ comments

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After days of glitches and long waits, frustrated fans trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets during presale windows, Ticketmaster, on Thursday said they were canceling Friday’s slated public sale.

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