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Cinema returns to Somalia after decades

Cinema returns to Somalia after decades

ABDIRAHMAN HUSSEIN DOZENS of Somalis posed for selfies and chattered excitedly in rows of red, plush seats as they waited for the start of their country's first movie screening in three decades. Among the crowd in the National Theatre was 24-year-old Kaif Jama, the writer and star of both films on the programme - the horror story "Hoos", about a single woman moving into an empty house, and a not-so-romantic comedy called "Date from Hell". "This means something for everyone including me. This is for every Somali who wants to make movies," Jama said, wearing a traditional Somali dress striped…
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