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Delist Alibaba — And All Other China Companies by Gordon G. Chang
“Alibaba provides tech support for Chinese military ‘operations’ against targets in the U. S.” That is what a White House memo charges, according to a November 14 report in the Financial Times. The White House has declined comment. The Chinese giant reportedly provided “access to customer data that includes IP addresses, WiFi information and payment records, as well as different AI-related services.” Whether the FT report is accurate or not-it sounds accurate-it is time to delist Alibaba from the New York Stock Exchange and remove all other Chinese companies from U. S. stock listings. All of them are integral parts of a hostile regime assaulting America. As an initial matter, China’s embassy in Washington denied the accuracy of the White House memo and charged the U. S. with a “complete distortion of facts.” The embassy claims that China protects privacy. Alibaba was more emphatic. “The assertions and innuendoes in the article are completely false,” the company told CNBC. “We question the motivation behind the anonymous leak, which the FT admits that they cannot verify.” For one thing, the denials of the embassy cannot possibly be true. There are no real privacy protections in China’s total surveillance society. The Communist Party of China runs a unitary state and demands absolute obedience from all individuals, businesses, and institutions in the country. Businesses operate as separate entities and report to separate controlling government bodies, but they are not separate. Washington must stop assuming that Chinese society is organized the same way as America’s. All Chinese entities-businesses or institutions of any type-should, therefore, be treated as one single organization, the way the Party views them. Xi Jinping reinforces this view with his doctrine of “military-civil fusion.” In other words, the People’s Liberation Army has access to everything any Chinese company, state-owned or privately owned, or Chinese institution possesses. “The Chinese Communist Party has exceeded the extreme lengths taken by the Soviet Communist Party to integrate and subordinate its ‘civilian economy’ to serve the larger goals of its ‘military economy,’” Richard Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center told Gatestone this month. “All Chinese companies, factories, universities, and local governments either directly or indirectly support the military.” The fundamental problem is that free-market societies do not understand the nature of totalitarian ones and, as a consequence, do not protect themselves as they should. “Even Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential candidate and globalist foreign policy icon, understood it was perilous to integrate market economies with state-directed ones,” Alan Tonelson, referring to the work of American economist Benn Steil, told this publication. “This integration, Willkie believed, distorts production and trade flows, finishes off enterprises in free-market economies, fuels imbalances, and ultimately breeds resentment.” “Tragically, for America’s economy and national security, Willkie’s successors completely neglected his warning in their rush first to reestablish normal trade relations with Communist China and then admit it to the World Trade Organization,” Tonelson, who blogs on the intersection of trade and geopolitics at RealityChek, added. Willkie was prescient. China’s predatory and criminal trade practices created imbalances that accelerated the 2008 global downturn and, more importantly, eroded support for free trade. Moreover, China’s relentless gaming of the global trading system has given the worst elements in the Chinese political system the resources to accomplish their predatory ends. Did Alibaba in fact support the Chinese military as the White House memo charges? Only those with access to classified information know. Yet the truth of the White House’s charge does not matter. What matters is that Alibaba is part of the Communist Party’s system. The Party has declared the United States to be its enemy and is now waging its brand of “people’s war,” which the Chinese military defines as “total war.” The regime, although it denies employing “Unrestricted Warfare” tactics against America, is in fact doing so every day. In these circumstances, it is strategically wrong to support any element of a system that is assaulting the free world in general and the United States in particular. It is also morally wrong to do so. It is time to delist Alibaba and all other Chinese companies from American stock exchanges and to prohibit Americans from doing business with any of them. All of them are America’s enemies.
http://www.ruthfullyyours.com/2025/11/26/delist-alibaba-and-all-other-china-companies-by-gordon-g-chang/
Wasatch International Select Fund Q3 2025 Contributors And Detractors
Nov. 26, 2025 3: 12 AM ETCNSWF, HLMAF, CNSWY, CSU: CA, MONOY, BYCRF Wasatch Global Investors 56 Follower s Comments Summary Constellation Software, Inc. (CNSWF) was the largest detractor from Fund performance during the quarter. While MonotaRO’s results were a little disappointing, we have a lot of conviction in the company, as evidenced by its large position size in the portfolio. Another top contributor was BayCurrent; its stock was also up on the back of strong earnings results. The following segment was excerpted from the Wasatch International Select Fund Q3 2025 Commentary. Details Of The Quarter Constellation Software, Inc. (OTCPK: CNSWF) was the largest detractor from Fund performance during the quarter. The Canada-based This article was written by 56 Follower s Wasatch Global Investors is a 100% employee-owned investment manager founded in 1975 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Named after the nearby Wasatch Mountain Range, the firm brings unparalleled experience to U. S. and international micro-, small- and mid-cap investing with a culture that emphasizes collaboration, excellence and intellectual curiosity. Wasatch Global Investors is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Comments Recommended For You.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4847808-wasatch-international-select-fund-q3-2025-contributors-and-detractors?source=feed_all_articles
Doc Talk Podcast At IDFA: Isabel Arrate Fernandez On Leading World’s Biggest Documentary Fest And Petra Costa On Her “Apocalyptic” Oscar Contender
IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, wrapped in Amsterdam over the weekend after presenting a program of more than 250 films, many of them world and international premieres. The 38th edition of IDFA marked the debut of Isabel Arrate Fernandez as artistic director, a position she assumed in July after the resignation of Orwa Nyrabia, who had led the festival for the previous seven years. This year’s festival attracted some of the greatest talents in documentary including Gianfranco Rosi, Raoul Peck, Laura Poitras, Tia Lessin, Carl Deal, Susana de Sousa Dias, Mstyslav Chernov, Victor Kossakovsky, Stanley Nelson, David France and many others. But the event didn’t pass without controversy. On the new edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, Arrate Fernandez addresses the festival’s decision to ban Israeli organizations that receive funding support from the Israeli government (she emphasized that individual Israeli filmmakers were not prohibited from attending). Some have attacked the ban as grossly unfair, but Arrate Fernandez tells us IDFA felt compelled to act in solidarity with Palestinians who have suffered under two years of Israeli bombardment and a ground campaign launched in retaliation for the October 7 terror attack. We also visit with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Petra Costa, who pitched a new project at IDFA and who finds herself in the thick of the Oscar race with her award-winning documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics. Her follow-up to The Edge of Democracy charts the rise of Christian nationalism in her native Brazil. Costa tells us the film’s launch on Netflix in July led to dramatic repercussions for her protagonist firebrand pastor Silas Malafaia, a Christian nationalist and key supporter of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of trying to stage a coup after he lost reelection in 2022. Footage that Costa captured of Malafaia has made him a target of the same investigation that got Bolsonaro a 27-year prison sentence. She spotlights the specific scene in the film that’s creating legal jeopardy for the pastor. That’s on the latest edition of Doc Talk, hosted by Oscar winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley) and Matt Carey, Deadline’s senior documentary editor. Doc Talk is a production of Deadline and Ridley’s Nō Studios.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/idfa-isabel-arrate-fernandez-petra-costa-interview-doc-talk-1236628793/
Rob’s Brew-haha: Paul levels up in bout with ex-champ Joshua
I was very surprised to hear the news that professional boxing savant Jake Paul will be squaring off against former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua next month. It will be Paul’s biggest test in the ring to date, both literally and figuratively. The match is set to take place Dec. 19 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. The bout will be broadcasted live on Netflix. It is scheduled for eight, three-minute rounds, and both fighters will be wearing 10-ounce boxing gloves. Joshua, 36, is a muscled up six-foot-six, 250-pound British boxing phenom with a highly decorated resume. As an amateur fighter, Joshua won Olympic gold back in 2012 in the super heavyweight division. As a professional, Joshua won his first heavyweight championship after only his 16th pro fight in 2016. Joshua would go on simultaneously hold four unified heavyweight championship belts before suffering his first professional loss in 2019. With a professional record of 28-4 that includes 25 knockouts, Joshua has appeared in a total of 13 championship bouts during his exceptional career. That said, why on Earth does Joshua want to compete against a guy like Paul, an opponent who most people believe is unworthy and not even a real boxer. After all, Paul has no amateur experience, carries a pro record of only 12 wins in 13 fights, and recently competed against a 39-year-old Julio César Chávez Jr. and a 58-year-old Mike Tyson. Besides a huge gap in experience level, Paul is six-foot-one, weighs roughly 200 pounds, and fights in the cruiserweight division, one weight class lower than heavyweight. Joshua towered over Paul at a Friday press conference in Miami. The only physical advantage that Paul has in the match is his age. He is 28 years old, eight years younger than Joshua. Joshua is reportedly going to earn an estimated $92 million for the match with Paul. Joshua reportedly earned in the neighborhood of $7-33 million in his previous bout that resulted in a fifth-round knockout loss in 2024. In the fight business, money has a way of many very peculiar business partners. Aside from the money, perhaps Paul believes that he is catching Joshua at the perfect time. The enormous British heavyweight is coming off a knockout defeat, and he has not been active in over a year. Three of the five main boxing ranking systems, Ring Magazine, World Boxing Association, and International Boxing Federation, do not have Joshua ranked in the top 10 anymore due to inactivity after his most recent disappointing performance. From Joshua’s perspective, perhaps he actually needs a tune up fight against an easy opponent to regain some confidence before he goes onto more stiff competition. Or could it be that Joshua knows he cannot win against real heavyweight contenders anymore, and simply wants to get paid the most amount of money in exchange for the least amount of work? While many boxing observers scoff at Paul, I choose to congratulate what he has accomplished in the sport. Most fighters compete in obscurity as amateurs for many years before ever turning pro. Even as professionals, many fighters never become household names. Paul has found a way to bypass the traditional route and parlayed his social media brand into notoriety within the sport of boxing. I also think he is pretty good and could probably beat most journeymen fighters his own size. That said, this is quite a difference in the level of competition Paul is used to seeing. Though diminished, Joshua does not need to be at his best to be the heavy favorite in this tussle. I expect to see Paul running for his life most of the match. Joshua will undoubtedly try to end the fight early with his extraordinary punching power and I believe he will succeed. I don’t see this match lasting beyond the first round. I just hope Jake can wake up from the coma Joshua is about to put him in.
https://victoriaadvocate.com/2025/11/24/robs-brew-haha-paul-levels-up-in-bout-with-ex-champ-joshua/
Funding Radar: Canada to launch C$100M global call on disruptive tech
From January 2026, the Canadian government will lead a C$100 million (€61. 4 million) international research initiative to harness disruptive technologies able to address global challenges. Proposals must address at least one of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the call text says. To meet the interdisciplinary requirements, project proposals must integrate expertise from at least two of the following domains: natural sciences and engineering; social sciences and humanities; and health and life sciences. Consortia must also include at least three co-principal investigators, each eligible to receive funding from a different participating.
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/international-news/funding-radar-canada-launch-c100m-global-call-disruptive-tech
New Jersey deli fraudsters fail to pay millions of dollars in restitution, judge says
Google Earth That’s one big deli bill to skip out of paying. A federal judge is hotter than a newly brewed pot of coffee over the failure of Peter Coker Sr. and his son, Peter Coker Jr., to pay millions of dollars in restitution for their leading roles in the notorious $100 million New Jersey deli stock fraud. The Coker convicts owe a total of $5. 56 million to victims of their scam, which involved illegally inflating the stock prices of two publicly traded companies to make them attractive candidates for mergers. The scheme led to one of the companies, then-known as Hometown International, having a market capitalization of more than $100 million despite owning only one small, money-losing delicatessen in the hardscrabble south Jersey town of Paulsboro. Shares of the other company, then known as E-Waste, were worth even more on paper at one point despite owning no appreciable assets. Judge Christine O’Hearn, in a scathing order about the Cokers on Monday, said, “It appears . that, despite having substantial liquid assets at the time the sentence was imposed, neither Defendant has complied with the restitution deadlines set by the Court. It appears to the Court that Defendants have purposefully failed to make payment, perhaps in an effort to avoid doing so and/or dissipating or transferring assets,” O’Hearn wrote in U. S. District Court in New Jersey. Dan Mangan | CNBC Peter Coker Sr., who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, owed his first installment of $2. 5 million in restitution within 30 days of Aug. 11, according to an order by O’Hearn in August. Coker Jr., a businessman who previously lived in Hong Kong, owed his first installment of $1. 5 million within 30 days of the same date. The Cokers and a third defendant who pleaded guilty in the case, James Patten, are jointly liable for the $5. 56 million in total restitution. Patten has yet to be sentenced; because of that, he is not currently required to start paying restitution. Retail investors are owed $178, 849 in total restitution. And investment arms of Duke and Vanderbilt universities are owed $3. 1 million and $2. 3 million, respectively, in restitution. In her Monday order, O’Hearn demanded answers from prosecutors and the Cokers’ lawyers within two weeks on questions related to the failure to pay restitution so far. The judge told them “to take all necessary steps forthwith to secure payment of the restitution amounts previously ordered.” One potential hurdle to getting money from Peter Coker Jr. is the fact that the 57-year-old is no longer in prison or even the United States. Coker Jr. renounced his U. S. citizenship years ago. On Oct. 16, a day after his release from prison, he we was deported to the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, where he has citizenship, according to a letter to O’Hearn from his lawyer. Crime Suppression Division, Royal Thai Police | AP His father, Peter Coker Sr., 83, is slated to be released on Dec. 8 from a residential reentry facility in North Carolina maintained by the U. S. Bureau of Prisons, having been released from a prison in Butner, North Carolina, on Tuesday. Coker Sr.’s lawyer, Zach Intrater, in a letter last week to O’Hearn, disputed the idea that he owed any payments toward restitution while he was still locked up in prison. Intrater, who did not respond to a request for comment from CNBC, in that letter said that “Mr. Coker, Sr., is not looking to avoid his responsibilities under the amended judgment,” and that he “will begin making the required payments toward restitution.” The lawyer said Coker Sr. would pay no less than $1, 000 on Dec. 17, given his understanding of the restitution order. “If this is an incorrect reading of the Court’s Amended Judgment, then the fault is with the undersigned counsel, and not with my client,” Intrater wrote. O’Hearn, in a sharp footnote in her order Monday, rejected Intrater’s reading of the restitution order. “Beyond its express terms, it was clear that such monies were to be paid immediately. Indeed, there had been prior discussions and proposals by counsel as to an immediate up front payment, albeit in a much lesser amount with later installments thereafter, which the Court declined to adopt.” Both Cokers pleaded guilty before O’Hearn last December to securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. In May, O’Hearn sentenced the elder Coker to six months in jail, and Coker Jr. to 40 months in prison. The younger Coker was released last month because he received credit for the more than two years he spent locked up in a New Jersey jail before his sentencing. John Azzarello, a lawyer for Coker Jr., in a letter to the judge on Thursday, said his representation of Coker Jr. ended with his sentencing, that he has no contact with the fraudster since his sentencing, and “we do not know Mr. Coker Jr.’s current whereabouts. Mr. Coker Jr. also has an outstanding invoice for legal services rendered which remains unpaid to date,” Azzarello wrote. Azzarello did not respond to requests for comment. CNBC has also requested comment from the U. S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey, which prosecuted the Cokers and Patten.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/new-jersey-deli-fraud-coker-restitution-judge.html
Peddie’s Aubrey Shaulis leads way for Blue team in big Mooch Senior Game victory
HAMILTON For those who did not get the chance to see Aubrey Shaulis play soccer for the Peddie School this fall, you were missing out. When matched with about 30 of her peers Sunday in the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame/Glenn “Mooch” Myernick Senior Girls’ Game at Al Cowell Sr. Field in Veterans Park, all Shaulis did was score two goals, assist on another, then move to goal and make four saves to help the Blue team pull away from the White squad for a 9-2 victory. The event, which honors the memory of Myernick, who grew up playing soccer in Lawrence and went on to earn national and international fame as a player and coach before dying suddenly 19 years ago, took the opportunity to also honor Bruce Angebranndt, one of the Mooch Senior Games’ key committee members who passed away suddenly this fall, by having the clubs wear Blue and White jerseys this year (as opposed to the usual Red and White jerseys remembering Myernick). Shaulis helped give the opposition the blues from the time she opened scoring 6: 50 into the game. Running alongside a very talented entourage from Princeton Day School, Shaulis added an assist with 5: 10 left in the first half when she led the Panthers’ Zuri Graham for a goal, then scored another 1: 50 after the break to put the Blue team up, 5-0. PDS’ Jules Hartmann and Emma Burns added first-half tallies. “I like playing forward, but we had a strong team,” Shaulis said. “I just wanted to go out here and have some fun one last time this year as I begin preparing for college.” While she is not sure what role soccer will play in her future, Shaulis, who battled back from turf toe to help head coach Matt Roach’s Falcons go 9-5-3 this season, showed she is very capable wherever she is asked to play on the field, including when she moved into net midway through the second half to help stymie any thoughts the White team may have had of mounting a comeback. Even with all that Shaulis did, the hardest working player of the day was, hands down, Hopewell Valley goalkeeper Eva Giambanco. As the lone pure goalie in the game, Giambanco spent the whole game in net for the White side facing the Blue team’s relentless assault and making 12 saves. “I wanted to come out and have fun one last time this year. That’s why I spent the whole game laughing,” said Giambanco, who also plays softball for the Bulldogs. “I didn’t mind that I had to do so much work. I was just happy to get to play with people I had played against all season.” That was the big theme of the day with the direction of MCHOF standouts who donated their time to help with coaching and running the event smoothly like Bobby Smith, Rico Scardelletti, George Tiger, Bruce Brodowski, Art Napolitano, the Fink brothers (John, Joe, Sid and Bird), Tony Rosica and Greg Harvell. The Blue girls made sure they had plenty of fun with Notre Dame’s Avery Whittle adding a goal and two assists, plus the Irish’s Anna Guido adding a goal and an assist, along with Princeton Day’s Nica Martin. Ava “A. J.” Szalbofka also scored to give every Panther in the game a goal. Meanwhile, at the other end of the field, West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Meadow Boateng helped make things a little more interesting for the White team in the second half when she connected on a pair of goals with 30: 30 and 6: 02 remaining off leads from Hopewell’s Delainey Ross and Hightstown’s Liz Reisbord, respectively. White 0 2 2 Blue 4 5 9 Goals: Boateng 2 (W), Shaulis 2, Hartmann, Graham, Burns, Guido, Whittle, Szalbofka, Martin (B); Assists: Ross, Reisbord (W), Guido, Shaulis, Whittle 2, Martin (B). Shots: 11 (W), 21 (B); Saves: Giambanco 12 (W), Gladkowski 2, Daley 1, Szalbolfka 1, Shaulis 4, Muenzen 1 (B).
https://www.trentonian.com/2025/11/23/peddies-aubrey-shaulis-leads-way-for-blue-team-in-big-mooch-senior-game-victory/
“A batter like Shreyas Iyer is needed” – Mohammad Kaif picks his No. 4 for IND vs SA 2025 ODI series
With Shreyas Iyer ruled out of India’s ODI series against South Africa due to a rib injury, former cricketer Mohammad Kaif has named his choice to bat at No. 4. Kaif reckoned that Dhruv Jurel should slot in, claiming that he can mould his game according to the situation. Ad Jurel, who has played only Test and T20I cricket for India, received his first ODI call-up during the recent tour of Australia but didn’t get a game. He is one of the three wicketkeepers selected in the squad to face the Proteas in the upcoming three-ODI series, and the youngster could make his 50-over international debut. Reflecting on India’s choice for No. 4, Kaif pointed out that the 24-year-old can stabilize the innings if wickets fall early and can also bat throughout the innings should the situation demand. With Iyer finding enormous success at No. 4 for India in ODIs, Kaif believes Jurel must adopt a similar approach. He said in the latest video on his YouTube channel ‘Mohammad Kaif’: Ad Trending “Dhruv Jurel should bat at number four because he has an organized technique. He can stabilise the innings if wickets fall early. He can mould his game according to the situation. Jurel also has the potential to finish the game well. A batter like Shreyas Iyer is needed at number four. Iyer helped Virat Kohli quite a bit, especially in the 2023 World Cup. Kohli used to play his natural game, taking singles and doubles along with the odd boundary. Iyer used to dominate in the middle overs due to which India were in an advantageous position most of the time. I think Jurel has to take an approach similar to Iyer.” Ad Kaif also warned that India’s seam-bowling department is weak, opining that all-rounder Hardik Pandya is the missing link. “I don’t see Tilak Varma and Ruturaj Gaikwad getting an opportunity in the first game. KL Rahul will play at five. Then there is Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja. So, there is batting till No. 8. Spin department is complete Sundar, Jadeja, Kuldeep. But if Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana make it to the eleven, who is the third seamer? I don’t consider Reddy as the third seamer, he can be the fourth. Reddy can bowl 3-5 overs but the first-change bowler is equally important. So, Hardik Pandya is that missing link,” he added. Ad Along with Iyer and Shubman Gill, Pandya is also nursing an injury, thus remaining unavailable for the ODI series. The selectors have also rested Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah, with KL Rahul set to lead India in the series. “Dhruv Jurel is ahead of Rishabh Pant” Mohammad Kaif In the same video, Kaif claimed that Jurel is ahead of Pant as far as ODIs go, given that the latter is returning to the setup after a long time. Pointing out the left-hander’s mediocre white-ball record, Kaif said: Ad “I think Dhruv Jurel is ahead of Rishabh Pant in the pecking order if you consider the playing eleven. He is playing well in Tests, scoring hundreds and is a compact batter. Pant is returning for 2-3 years. I remember Pant scoring a hundred in 2022 in England but plenty of players came after that. His form dipped and couldn’t quite click as a white-ball player. He is not that good in white-ball cricket averaging 33 in ODIs. Sanju Samson, on the other hand, averages 56 in ODIs.” Ad Kaif continued that Nitish Kumar Reddy has the opportunity to show his potential as a finisher in Pandya’s absence. “There is a void at number six, seven where Hardik Pandya bats. So, a player like Nitish Kumar Reddy needs to prove he can be that finisher. Ravindra Jadeja is not an ODI finisher. KL Rahul does well but cannot score as briskly as Pandya. Someone like Shivam Dube can do well. It’s good Pant is getting an opportunity but I’m surprised Samson is not there despite having a good record,” he concluded. India lost their last ODI series; hence, they will be keen to beat South Africa. × Feedback Why did you not like this content? Clickbait / Misleading Factually Incorrect Hateful or Abusive Baseless Opinion Too Many Ads Other Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Follow IPL Auction 2025 Live Updates, News & Biddings at Sportskeeda. Get the fastest updates on Mega-Auction and cricket news Edited by Parag Jain.
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Sony Pacts With Qatar’s Film Committee To Co-Finance Arabic Language Films
Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) has signed a multi-year agreement with the Film Committee at Media City Qatar to co-finance Arabic-language films from the Middle East and North Africa. Qatar’s Film Committee announced the agreement during its three-day Industry Days event on the fringes of the Doha Film Festival, laying out its ambitions to transform the territory into a major film and TV hub. Sony said the agreement to develop a presence in Qatar, which includes a commitment to global distribution and the co-development and co-production of multiple Arabic-language feature films, underscored its commitment to the region. “The Middle East is one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing regions in entertainment. Sony Pictures has a long history of working in growing markets, and this new agreement in Qatar reflects our commitment to the region as we continue to bring impactful, locally resonant stories to audiences,” said Steven O’Dell, International Marketing & Distribution, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group. The projects can be original stories or adaptations from Sony’s library and will be managed by a jointly approved local producer, directly benefitting the production ecosystem in Qatar and the wider region. Sony will distribute globally, while the Film Committee and SPIP share approval on all key creative and financial decisions. The agreement also promises the development of a writers’ incubation lab designed to unearth a new generation of writers. “The commitment of Sony Pictures to co-develop and produce Arabic-language films in partnership with the Film Committee reflects the region’s growing prominence in the global film industry and the Global South’s emergence as a true creative force,” said H. E. Hassan Al Thawadi, Chairman of the Film Committee, said: “This partnership underscores our shared belief that exceptional stories can come from anywhere and reach everywhere. It will help elevate a new generation of talented Arabic filmmakers, giving them the platform, resources, and global exposure to share their voices with audiences around the world.”.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/sony-pacts-qatar-film-committee-cofinance-arabic-films-1236626446/