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  "site": "https://www.thecanary.co",
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  "textContent": "Celebrated Indian academic and Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy has withdrawn from the Berlin International Film Festival in protest. She described this as a reaction to the jury’s refusal to address Israel’s two-year-long genocidal war in Gaza. Roy said her exit was prompted by “unconscionable” statements, as she described, from the festival jury about the […]\n\nBy Nazli Tarzi",
  "title": "Academic quits Berlin Film Festival for silencing criticism of Gaza Genocide"
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