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Imam Mohamed Magid, left, and Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, pictured last year when they were named "Washingtonians of the Year" by The Washingtonian magazine, are continuing their effort to promote understanding between Muslims and Jews. Photo Credit: Matthew Worden, courtesy of The Washingtonian magazine. “Whether in Europe today or in the Muslim world, my call to humanity: End racism, for God’s sake, end anti-Semitism, for God’s sake, end Islamophobia for God’s sake, end sexism for God’s sake… Enough is enough.”  ~ Imam Mohamed Magid, President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), at historic Muslim leaders prayer for peace at Auschwitz, Poland, on Wednesday May 22, 2013. Tweet

The German Goethe-Institut in Nigeria and DVWORX Studios in Lagos have joined the partners of Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema (SOOAC) for the launching of Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema at the Freedom Park Lagos on Saturday June 22, 2013. The inaugural launching sponsored by the Bank of Industry of Nigeria is open to the public from 4 pm - 9 pm and it is free. Expected at the event are over 500 people; including the new brand ambassador of the Bank of Industry Afro hip hop super star Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D'banj, Nollywood stars, movie buffs, entertainment celebrities and major stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry. Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema duly registered to operate outdoor cinema business in Nigeria will launch the Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project in every conducive and receptive safe community of all the local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria starting from Lagos State to boost the Nigerian film industry. Tweet

28 May 2013 00:24 Africa/Lagos UNESCO CHIEF CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO MURDER OF DR CONGO JOURNALIST NEW YORK, 27 May 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / - The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today called for an investigation into the murder of a journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guylain Chanjabo. "I condemn the murder of Guylain Chanjabo and urge authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to do their utmost to shed light on his tragic death, and bring those responsible to justice," said the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova. Mr. Chanjabo presented a Swahili language programme on Radio Canal Revelation, and was reported missing on 5 May. His body was found bearing evidence of neck injuries on 17 May in the Ngezi River, five kilometres from the city of Bunia in the northeastern region of the DRC. "Freedom of expression is an irrevocab...

May 15 - Director J.J. Abrams leads the cast of ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' at the sci-fi film's Hollywood premiere. John Russell reports. 16 May 2013 16:09 Africa/Lagos "Star Trek into Darkness" Beams Up Fandango's Fanticipation Buzz Indicator as the #1 Most Anticipated Movie This Weekend LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, reported today that J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated "Star Trek Into Darkness" garnered a 96 out of 100 score on the company's Fanticipation movie buzz indicator that measures fan sentiment around the weekend box office line-up. The sci-fi thriller outshone "Iron Man 3" and "The Great Gatsby," which are still top-of-mind with moviegoers, scoring 85 and 83, respectively. Fanticipation scores are calculated based a proprietary analysis of Fandango's advance ticket sales, website and mobile traffic, and social media en...

Iron Man 3 - Disney - $72.5M Great Gatsby, The - Warner Bros. - $51.1M Pain And Gain - Paramount - $5.0M Tyler Perry Presents Peeples - Lionsgate - $4.8M 42 - Warner Bros. - $4.7M Oblivion - Universal - $3.9M Croods, The - 20th Century Fox - $3.6M Big Wedding, The - Lionsgate - $2.5M Mud - Roadside Attractions - $2.3M Oz The Great and Powerful - Disney - $0.8M  See the top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 12, 2013 . Tweet

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Coming-of-age adventure based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about a special sixteenth summer in the lives of four lifelong friends who are separated for the first time. On a shopping trip, the girls find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use these 'magic' pants as a way of keeping in touch over the months ahead, each girl wearing the jeans for a week to see what luck they bring her before sending them on to the next. Though miles apart, the four friends still experience life, love and loss together in a summer they'll never forget. Tweet

Sanofi US and Actress Elizabeth Perkins Premiere Documentary —Diabetes Co-Stars Presents “Strength in Numbers” –Donation to Diabetes Hands Foundation Doubled When Documentary Reaches 10,000 Views– Elizabeth Perkins wth her co-star and husband, Julio Macat. Bridgewater, New Jersey – May 6, 2013 – /PRNewswire/ &ndash Sanofi US and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actress Elizabeth Perkins proudly premiered the Diabetes Co-Stars documentary, “Strength in Numbers,” at the American Diabetes Association Expo in Los Angeles, CA this past weekend. The film, produced by Elizabeth and her ‘co-star’ and husband Julio Macat, features her diabetes story as well as two other inspirational stories from the 2012 Diabetes Co-Stars casting call contest – best friends Amanda Bauer and Anne Casey from New York, and father-daughter duo Eugenio and Naiomi Rivera from Texas. The pairs were selected because of their empowering stories of dedication and support, with Amanda and Anne giving back t...

What do you think will link the famous spokesman of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Jomo Gbomo and famous Hollywood actor Brad Pitt? "Big Men" whose greed is the subject of this film on oil and war in the Niger Delta and also in Ghana. "I was traveling with Sebastian Junger in the Niger Delta, he was writing an article for Vanity Fair, and he had had some correspondence with this guy called Jomo Bomo, who was basically the publicist for the militants. He had written Jomo Bomo saying, hey, can I get access and Jomo Bomo had written back saying, I don’t know who you are, you are out of luck. And then apparently Jomo looked him up on the internet and read about The Perfect Storm . Once he figured out who Sebastian Junger is he said, 'Oh, no problem, I’ll give you access, just give me a signed copy of your book.' So I thought, I need to bring on an executive producer that means something, and I went home and I asked Brad Pitt to exe...