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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: Dubai International Film Festival

Suraj Sharma

13/12/2012

Dubai International Film Festival

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, Dubai International Film Festival

News from the 9th Dubai International Film Festival which opened with Life of Pi

Dubai International Film Festival,Science Seal of Approval for Fiction and Iran Social Media

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.   Presented by Samira Ahmed

Simon Atkinson with news from the 9th Dubai International Film Festival which opened with a screening of Ang Lee's film Life of Pi.

Jane O'Brien reports on a move by one of the oldest scientific institutions in the US to award a seal of approval to fiction writers who make credible use of science in their books.

Can the Iranian government succeed, where so many have failed, in controlling social networking? 

Picture shows Suraj Sharma, star of Ang Lee's film The Life of Pi
Photo courtesy of Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for DIFF

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