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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
buzznet - Natalie Portman's, singer-songwriter boyfriend Devendra Banhart wears a black t-shirt with the Ethiopian alphabet on it. Earlier this month, he wore a scarf with the Biblical quote, “Everything happens through Him”, in Amharic (Ethiopia’s official language).
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
ynetnews
Danny Adino Ababa
(Hollywood star and former Israeli to visit camp in Addis Ababa as part of struggle to obtain aliyah permits for thousands of Ethiopian Jews)
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Actress Natalie Portman has joined the fight for the Falash Mura aliyah. The people of the Falash Mura denomination, who practice the Jewish religion, have ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Neil Spencer travels to Addis Ababa to learn the strange secrets of the Elvis impersonators and political survivors from the 'Ethiopiques' project
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'There have been very difficult times. Harsh times, when it was frankly hell to be here, but some of us were lucky and survived. Thank God. Now this place' ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
In 1985, 10-year-old Yossi Vasser and his family set out on foot from the Ethiopian village of Uzava. The perilous 700-kilometer journey that ensued took them through the harsh Sudanese desert and eventually on to their spiritual home - Jerusalem.
Fast forward some 23 years and Vasser - now an articulate, ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Harvard News Office
By Corydon Ireland
It’s not easy to be a musician in most of the Third World, said legendary Ethiopian composer and musician Mulatu Astatke, who is a 2007-08 Radcliffe Fellow. Music is not typically taught in elementary schools, and in later life, opportunities for musicians are limited by poverty.
In ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
The Daily Monitor - Award wining American actress Mena Suvari is visiting Ethiopia in a sign of supporting a US-based foundation forwhich she is goodwill ambassador.
The actress is actively supporting the African Medical and Research Foundation-AMREF's programs which focus on Africa's most critical health issues, particularly those issues that affect ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "Africa Unite" isn't yet another recycled Bob Marley artifact trotted out to celebrate an anniversary and cash more checks.
While the movie covers the giant concert the Marley family held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa in 2005 to celebrate what would have been Papa Bob's 60th ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
[Portrait of the cast and director from the film The Departed with (left to right) Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese and Jack Nicholson. Photographed at the Ziegfeld movie theater in New York City, September 26, 2006.]
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese has signed on to develop a full-length documentary on the ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Boston Herald
Saxophonist Danny Mekonnen was surprised when he realized after settling in Boston five years ago that New England might be where he’d find his musical roots.
“I didn’t expect it,” said the 27-year-old Paris, Texas, native. “It was really exciting.”
The roots? Ethiopian. And while Ethiopian music isn’t exactly bumping up ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
NY TIMES
Women squealed as the headliner took the stage at S.O.B.’s late on Friday night, elegant in a dark suit with a yellow necktie. He started an anthemic ballad, and within moments, the audience was joyfully singing along and waving its arms overhead. The pop star onstage was Gossaye Tesfaye, ...
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