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thedailyaztec.com: Jasira Maroun is the star of the upcoming film 'Towelhead thedailyaztec.com
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Sep 11, 2008
        
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Media Credit: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Jasira Maroun is the star of the upcoming film 'Towelhead' which explores the coming-of-age struggles of a young Middle Eastern girl fighting racism and her own sexuality. What's more awkward than going through puberty and coming to terms with sexuality as a young teenager? Watching a two hour movie about it. "Towelhead" is reminiscent of "Lolita," but a touch raunchier... [read full story]                    

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Sep 12, 2008
        

NEW YORK (AP) ― If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. Calling it "Towelhead," an offensive term for a person of Arab ancestry, seems like an intentional...

                   

'Towelhead'

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Sep 12, 2008
        

NEW YORK (AP) ― If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. Calling it "Towelhead," an offensive term for a person of Arab ancestry, seems like an intentional...

                   

'Towelhead'

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Sep 12, 2008
        

NEW YORK (AP) ― If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. Calling it "Towelhead," an offensive term for a person of Arab ancestry, seems like an intentional...

                   

'Towelhead'

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Sep 12, 2008
        

NEW YORK (AP) ― If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. Calling it "Towelhead," an offensive term for a person of Arab ancestry, seems like an intentional...

                   

Review: Towelhead - '13 Going on 30'

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Sep 12, 2008
        

Toiling away in television for most of his career, “Towelhead” returns writer/director Alan Ball to the big screen, his first effort since winning the Academy Award for his 1999 screenplay, “American Beauty.” A domestic...

                   

'Towelhead': A fine film draped in discomfort

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Sep 12, 2008
        

But to what gain? Based on the poignant novel by Alicia Erian, Towelhead was adapted for the screen and directed by Alan Ball, who created television's Six Feet Under and wrote American Beauty. Key themes here also were...

                   

Review: 'Towelhead' is sure to shock

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Sep 12, 2008
        

If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. Calling it "Towelhead," an offensive term for a person of Arab ancestry, seems like an intentional shock, but then...

                   

Towelhead

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Sep 11, 2008
        

Recommended Toiling away in television for most of his career, "Towelhead" returns writer/director Alan Ball to the big screen, his first effort since winning the Academy Award for his 1999 screenplay, "American Beauty."...

                   
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Sep 11, 2008
        

Warner Independent Pictures Peter Macdissi and Summer Bishil in "Towelhead." I first wrote about "Towelhead," the film-directing debut of "Six Feet Under" impresario Alan Ball, last January at Sundance, before it became...

                   

First-time director Alan Ball's dramedy 'Towelhead' is sure to shock

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Sep 10, 2008
        

By: Christy Lemire, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result. In directing his first film, Oscar-winning "American Beauty" screenwriter...

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