Step Feed by LEYAL KHALIFE Saudi Arabia has been under the spotlight for its treatment of activists and artists, and that doesn’t look like it’s going to end anytime soon. One of its most prominent human rights controversies is turning into a biopic. German production company wants to bring the story of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi the attention […]
The Hollywood Reporter by Scott Roxborough The Saudi government sentenced Badawi, a social activist and blogger, to 10 years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam.” Raif Badawi, the imprisoned Saudi dissident whose cause has been embraced by international rights groups and politicians, is getting the biopic treatment. German production company Knudsen & Streuber has optioned the […]
The New York Times - By KAREN ZRAICK The story of how Ensaf Haidar first encountered her husband, Raif Badawi, is an unusual version of “meeting cute.” In 2000, Ms. Haidar was a cloistered young woman studying the Quran in a small town in Saudi Arabia, where she lived with her family and rarely interacted […]