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		<title>A benefit for American Arab a documentary in progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kartemquin Films and director Usama Alshaibi invite you to
A BENEFIT FOR AMERICAN ARAB
A documentary in progress
Thursday, August 5th, 6-9pm
The Stan Mansion
2408 North Kedzie, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Enjoy an evening of Music by Black Bear Combo, Middle Eastern Food,
Cash Bar*, Raffle, Belly Dancing, Henna Tattoos, and the World Premiere
of clips from the upcoming film American Arab.
Proceeds will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2010/07/14/a-benefit-for-american-arab-a-documentary-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>Cinema Alshaibi Saturday June 26 at Fat Rabbit FREE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Husband and wife collaborators Usama and Kristie Alshaibi are presenting some rarely seen short videos created between 1998 and 2010. This will include early 16mm films by both directors as well as a number of collaborations shot on a wide array of mediums.
In addition, we will premiere a trailer of Usama’s new feature length movie, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2010/06/24/cinema-alshaibi-saturday-june-26-at-fat-rabbit-free/</link>
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		<title>Help support Artvamp&#8217;s new movie Profane</title>
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		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2010/06/24/help-support-artvamps-new-movie-profane/</link>
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		<title>only 20 copies left!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year Usama and Kristie Alshaibi attended an artists&#8217; residency in the Netherlands called Extrapool.  The end result was a children&#8217;s book for adults called
A History of Flying Vaginas
A limited edition of 200 were printed.  There are just 20 copies left for purchase.  Printed on Acid Free Paper using the antiquated Stencilprint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2010/03/25/only-20-copies-left/</link>
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		<title>Usama Alshaibi interview in Vice blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8211; WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT A PRETTY LITTLE VIDEO AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED
Usama Alshaibi’s known for stirring up serious political shit with a pervo swizzle stick; his last completed feature, Nice Bombs, in which he revisits his motherland Iraq and ends up just like the rest of the U.S.—having no conclusion, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2010/03/12/usama-alshaibi-interview-in-vice-blog/</link>
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		<title>NICE BOMBS on DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Purchase Nice Bombs on DVD at Amazon.com

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		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2009/10/06/nice-bombs-on-dvd-2/</link>
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		<title>Usama Alshaibi’s Award-Winning Doc “Nice Bombs” Coming to DVD with Free Screening at Portage Theater October 16, 2009</title>
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Usama Alshaibi’s Award-Winning Doc “Nice Bombs” Coming to DVD with Free Screening OCTOBER 16 at Portage Theater, 4050 North Milwuakee Ave, Chicago
Showtimes are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served
To celebrate the release of “Nice Bombs” on DVD, filmmaker Usama Alshaibi and distributor Cinema Obscura are presenting two free screenings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2009/09/09/usama-alshaibi%e2%80%99s-award-winning-doc-%e2%80%9cnice-bombs%e2%80%9d-coming-to-dvd-with-free-screening-at-portage-theater/</link>
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		<title>Screenings in the Netherlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Usama and Kristie will be doing a residency in the Netherlands at Extrapool, along with Chicago-based performance artist Magic is Küntmaster.  We will be screening films directed by Usama on the followiung dates:
Friday, 20th of March, 2009 at Extrapool in Nijmegen, Netherlands:  New Solar Anus Cinema and a few surprises. Click for details: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2009/03/18/screenings-in-the-netherlands/</link>
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		<title>Solar Anus Cinema DVD</title>
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DVD Includes: Traumata, Organ Molly, Self-​Contained,​ Slaughtered Pigtails, Convulsion Expulsion, Runaway, Gash, Patient, Spoiled &#038; The Amateurs (81 Minutes.)
“&#8230;his films frequently examine themes of sexuality, desire,
‘perversion’, race, and gender. His work is characterized by
a combination of dark humour and a gleeful celebration of what
deemed by mainstream culture to be deviant behavior…”
-Jack Sargeant (from Deathtripping the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2009/03/11/solar-anus-cinema-dvd-2/</link>
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		<title>Nice Bombs showing on the Sundance Channel November 23 &amp; 24 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago-based filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Iraq, the country of his birth, after an absence of nearly 24 years. Accompanied by his American wife, Alshaibi reunites with his cousin and childhood friend Tareef, who acts as tour guide and driver, as well as many members of his extended family in Baghdad. What he discovers is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.artvamp.com/studio/2008/11/12/nice-bombs-showing-on-the-sundance-channel-november-23-24-2008/</link>
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