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NEWS AND ANALYSIS

More than eight million people have been affected by the floods in Sindh

Sami and Nisar have received little help since they were made homeless

OUR TOP NEWS STORIES:

Pakistan: North Waziristan Missile Strike Kills 4 - Drone-fired U.S. missiles killed four people in a northwestern Pakistani region controlled by the Haqqani militant network on Friday, a day after a similar attack there killed a top commander of the group, Pakistani officials said

Flood impact to worsen unless aid increases - Pakistan’s monsoon floods have devastated millions of lives, but one month on, the international response remains sluggish, raising fears of a worsening humanitarian situation

Haqqanis sidestep US terror list - A signal from the United States that it remains open to inclusion of the Haqqani network in a peace deal for Afghanistan has made it abundantly clear why the Barack Obama administration is reluctant to declare the group a "foreign terrorist organization" despite blaming the Haqqanis for the audacious September 13 attack on the US Embassy in Kabul.

Taliban find street crime pays - Police caught up with the four Taliban militants about 15 minutes after they robbed the bank, fatally shooting them on a bridge as they attempted to drive their loot to the safety of the border regions with Afghanistan.

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The Trees in Sindh - Spooked and Forgotten like the Flood Victims

Courtesy BBC
This spooky scene from Sindh in Pakistan is an unexpected side effect from the huge floods that hit the country last year. When the flooding hit last July and August, millions of spiders climbed onto the trees to escape the water. The pics are from the UK Department for International Development.

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Courtesy BBC
But because the flooding was so huge and has taken so long to drain away, the spiders have stayed in the trees - and cocooned them in spiderwebs!

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Courtesy BBC
People living in Sindh say they've never seen anything like this before. The It's thought the mosquitoes are getting caught in the spiderwebs. It's a small relief for people recovering from the floods because mosquitoes spread the deadly disease malaria.
y've also noticed fewer mosquitoes around since it happened.

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VOICE OF THE MONTH:

Our "Voice of the Month" is London based arts organization, Green Cardamom - Anita Dawood and Hammad Nasar founded this organization in 2004 and have played a pivotal role in helping artists, especially but not limited to Pakistani artists, achieve international acclaim and recognition in the art world. Please join us as we speak with them about the inspiration behind Green Cardamom and how they created an organization that is now internationally known for the talented artists it represents and the high quality of art publications and projects it produces.

Featured Event:

3rd i's Ninth Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival

Nov 9 - 13, 2011

3rd i's SFISAFF 2011 will present 16 programs featuring films from India, Pakistan, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka,Tibet, and the US. Highlights include: a special Focus on Sri Lanka, with filmmaker Asoka Handagama in attendance; South Asian Americans shine this year, with 7 programs featuring films by American filmmakers (4 programs showcasing Bay Area talent); as always, docs and indie-narratives take centerstage, and our Saturday Night at the Castro takes Bollywood in a whole new direction. For more information on the complete festival program, please visit our website at: www.thirdi.org/festival

Roxie Theater
Thursday, November 10, 7:20 pm
The Family Circus: Local Shorts
US Premiere
Dir: Various (US, 2010/2011, 80m)

Filmmakers in Person / Live Neo-Benshi Performance
3rd i’s signature local shorts program features the best desi shorts by Bay Area filmmakers.This year's program puts the family in focus—the nuclear family, the South Asian family, the queer family, and the family of self!
Featuring Pakistani-American filmmaker Saqib Mausoof's edgy short: Aboslution (US, 2010, 15mins).
http://www.thirdi.org/festival/film/2011_film_pages/LocalShorts2011.html

Roxie Theater
Sunday, November 13, 2:30 pm
The Boxing Ladies + Shorts:
Gender/Sexuality in Frame
Bay Area Premiere
Dir: Various
India/Pakistan/South Africa, 2009/2011, 70 mins

Neelu Bhuman in Person
Four stellar short films examine issues across the gender/sexuality continuum: Three muslim sisters from Kolkata become national boxing champions in Anusha Nandakumar’s The Boxing Ladies; Siraj ul haq’s Chandni is a poignant tale about a young hijra who finds her place in this world through sufism; Jordache Ellapen’s cane/cain deals with the intersections of migration, desire and sexuality in urban South Africa; Neelu Bhuman’s uplifting Family in Frame follows the filmmaker as she comes out as bisexual to her family.
http://www.thirdi.org/festival/film/2011_film_pages/BoxingLadies.html

PRESS RELEASE:

Arts Midwest Launches International
Program to Bridge Cultural Divide Between
American and Muslim Societies

Caravanserai: A place where cultures meet
Funded with $1M from Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

Conducted in partnership with Nation’s Regional Arts Organizations

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