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Articles by Dima Hamdan
Can AI give Arab filmmakers the freedom to tell our stories?
Filmmaker Dima Hamdan asks whether using AI to make films amid funding struggles and political repression is a step forward. Palestinian film director, Dima Hamdan, with Adeeb Safadi and Ruba Blal on the set of her last short film "Blood Like Water". [Dima Hamdan] I thought I had a good eye for detecting AI-generated images, until I watched the trailer for Dreams of Violets, the Iranian movie that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
Can AI give Arab filmmakers the freedom to tell our stories?
Most independent filmmakers spend years writing and rewriting, applying for funds, submitting endless documents explaining why their film deserves to be made, writes Dima Hamdan. [GETTY] I thought I had a good eye for detecting AI-generated images, until I watched the trailer for Dreams of Violets, the Iranian movie that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.
Varoufakis's MERA25 fight EU election with Palestine agenda
With less than three weeks to go before Europeans cast their votes in the European Parliament elections, MERA25 launched its campaign in Berlin, with a series of radical leftist policies on the economy, democratic rights and climate change. However, the unique issue that sets it apart from all parties running in Germany is its stance on Palestine.
Inside Germany's Orwellian crackdown on Palestine Congress
It was supposed to be a three-day major event where grassroots activists and leading figures advocating for justice for Palestine - From Ghassan Abu Sitta, to Yanis Varoufakis and Noura Erekat - would come together in a defiant show of force. A European-wide collective of more than 54 groups and movements wanting to create a joint movement to hold Israel to account, and Germany for its complicity in the war on Gaza.
Germany's climate of fear isolates its Palestinian community
On 17th October last year, I shared a photo on Instagram of graffiti written in Hebrew outside a kindergarten attended by mostly children from ethnic minorities here in Berlin. "Kahane is alive" it said, likely in reference to the Jewish extremist terrorist movement Kahanism and its founder Rabbi Meir Kahane. This was just 10 days into Israel's assault on Gaza. A German friend replied to my post with a bizarre message.
ChatGPT and the limits of Arabic-language AI
ChatGPT and the limits of Arabic-language AI ChatGPT is all the hype these days, but when it comes to Arabic, the chatbot's capabilities are much less impressive. Through a personal interaction, Dima Hamdan reflects on the possibilities and risks of relying on artificial intelligence. Recently, I received an email from a young journalist. I’m going to call her Sameera. In our previous correspondence, Sameera was always timid. But in this letter she was more confident, bold and concise.
ChatGPT and the limits of Arabic-language AI
Recently, I received an email from a young journalist. I'm going to call her Sameera. In our previous correspondence, Sameera was always timid. But in this letter she was more confident, bold and concise. I knew Sameera's knowledge of English as mediocre at best. In this letter, her English was flawless. This was ChatGPT. I immediately recognised the artificial intelligence (AI) programme because I've been using it as well. ChatGPT has its own, distinct style of writing.
Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous
A student of English literature in Aleppo finds herself drawn at first to the theatre, and then with the advent of the Syrian civil uprising and her unexpected arrest, destiny pushes her in the direction of filmmaking. A conversation with the director of All Roads Lead to More. Dima Hamdan As a young girl, Afraa Batous would dream of traveling around the world, influenced by the images she saw on TV and the glamorous lives of American pop stars.
Cutting greenhouse emissions from livestock can help mitigate climate change
News Science News UW professor talks strategies for mitigation This week’s Wednesday Night at The Lab was led by University of Wisconsin Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering Rebecca Larson, who spoke on greenhouse gas emissions released by agricultural and dairy systems and methods to mitigate them. Larson opened by saying that her presentation was meant to be educational rather than a call to action.
UW's Cool Science Image Contest celebrates beauty of science communication · The Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin held its 11th annual Cool Science Image Contest, which emphasizes the range and beauty of science. The winners this year not only had impressive entries stemming from work in a myriad of scientific fields but also demonstrated an interesting perspective of scientific imaging and its significance.
UW extends mask mandate, booster shots now available at UHS
Two more University of Wisconsin campuses have reached a 70% vaccination rate, but UW-Madison remains a leader in this realm despite not partaking in the incentives their counterparts have issued towards students. Several UW schools have been offering incentives, such as scholarship opportunities, to their students to increase their vaccination rates on campus.
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