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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC"'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/Bosta06/index.html"
target="_blank"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none'><img border=0 width=491 height=307 id="_x0000_i1025"
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in launching the<br>
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bold;font-style:italic'>Beirut</span></font></i></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><i><font
face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'> Uncut Film Series</span></font></i></b><b><font
face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC"'>you are invited to attend <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place>’s first public screening of<br>
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</span></font><b><font size=7 color=red face="Eras Bold ITC"><span
style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";color:red;font-weight:bold'>BOSTA</span></font></b><b><font
size=7 color=red face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:30.0pt;font-family:
"Eras Bold ITC";color:red;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC"'>a philippe aractingi production<br>
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</span></font><b><font face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";
font-weight:bold'>wednesday . nov 15 . 8pm . <font color=red><span
style='color:red'>free</span></font> . 54-100 (<font color=green><span
style='color:green'><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54"
target="_blank"><font color=green><span style='color:green'>map</span></font></a></span></font>)</span></font></b><font
face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-family:"Eras Bold ITC"'><br>
<font color=red><span style='color:red'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/Bosta06/index.html#about"><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>about</span></font></a></span></font> | <font
color=red><span style='color:red'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/Bosta06/index.html#synopsis"><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>synopsis</span></font></a></span></font> | <font
color=red><span style='color:red'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/Bosta06/index.html#dabke"><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>dabke</span></font></a></span></font> | <font
color=red><span style='color:red'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/Bosta06/index.html#cast"><font
color=red><span style='color:red'>cast</span></font></a></span></font><font
color=green><span style='color:green'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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"Eras Bold ITC";color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1
face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC"'>After
15 years of exile in France, Kamal returns to Beirut with his mind set on one
goal: recreate the dance group he had formed with his school friends and whom
he hasn't seen since - but today, not only does he want to bring back this
disparate group together, but also take the bold move of introducing a
Western flavor to the traditional Dabkeh music.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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When the dancers audition before the jury of the national Dabkeh festival,
they are curtly rejected on the basis that they are causing prejudice to the
"only cultural icon left". This prompts them to refurbish their old
school bus and embark on a road trip across Lebanese towns to perform and
introduce their pioneering dance to the public. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC"'><br>
As they struggle to win people over to their alternative spirit, each of the
dancers also realizes that they have also embarked on a personal journey to
reconnect with their childhood, their friendships lost and found, the pains
of the war and of separation... a journey that will lead a group of friends
to turn the page on a painful past. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Bosta is a road musical that takes the audience on a wonderful journey across
various Lebanese regions... a journey accompanied by a groundbreaking
soundtrack and, of course, this truly pioneering dance, the electro-dabkeh.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=red face="Eras Bold ITC"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";color:red'>screening rights
purchased by the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Lebanese Club @ MIT</span></b></span></font><i><font
size=2 face="Eras Bold ITC"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";
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</span></font></i><font size=2 color=green face="Eras Bold ITC"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Bold ITC";color:green'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon"><font color=green><span style='color:green'>http://web.mit.edu/lebanon</span></font></a></span></font><font
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