By: Claus Mueller, Senior Editor Screened first at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, the 2021 feature THE SALES GIRL by Mongolian director Janchivdorj Sengedorj premiered in North America at the New York Asian Film Festival in July 2022. Selected for NYAFF’s Uncaged Competition focusing on 8 features by directors deserving more international attention. THE SALES GIRL was selected as the best film in the group. This well deserved credit is due in part to the director Sengedorj be

By: Khaled A. BaRahma Damon Winter/The New York Times Across disputed territories, Beijing has demonstrated a willingness to take advantage of perceived missteps by its rivals. Taiwan is now experiencing that. Taiwan's People's Liberation Army has recently conducted a series of exercises intended to establish a revised status quo. Following Nancy Pelosi's visit to the US House of Representatives, this is taking place. A vaguely defined buffer zone that has kept the peace

By: Khaled A. BaRahma Credit: Mohammed Huwais/AP/Getty Images/GPF A Houthi artillery barrage killed 11 children playing outside their houses in Taiz on Saturday afternoon as they fired an artillery barrage against the densely populated city. During a Saturday attack on Taiz Governorate, southwest of Yemen, a six-year-old Yemeni boy died. Several similar deadly attacks have occurred over the past four months, including the bombing of Taiz by the Houthis. Anthony Hayward, th

By: Claus Mueller In the superb and innovative U.S. HBO 2022 documentary KATRINA BABIES by the first-time director Edward Buckles jr. the film maker interviews people who were young and living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005. Buckles investigates how the consequences of the disaster shaped their lives and families. They articulate the impact of Katrina; the social and psychological trauma caused by the destruction of their communities. Buckles p