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...other convicted fugitives sentenced to life in prison were Ozzuddin Badrakkam, described as the Palestine Liberation Front's military chief, and Ziad el Omar, who bought the hijackers' cruise tickets...
Hands Across America was but one of two megathons designed to open hearts and pocketbooks on Sunday. Four hours before Hands was to link up, Omar Khalifa, 29, a Sudanese runner, was to light a giant flame outside the United Nations in New York City and start up the grand finale of another Geldof megaevent, called Sport Aid and co-sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), to raise funds for Africa's hungry. In 266 cities from Ouagadougou to Bangkok and beyond, up to 20 million people were to participate in synchronized racing and sporting events...
...larger scale, this film follows and explores the web of loyalties, disloyalties and other connections in which Johnny and Omar are involved. As Johnny tries to take a stance opposing his tough excomrades, Omar begins to ease into his uncle's social circle. For the varying social groups of Laundrette, Kureishi has created full and spirited characters, and Frears has cast very fine actors to inhabit those personages...
Both affection and sympathy shine through Kureishi's ironic treatment of Omar and Johnny. His portrait of the assimilated "Pakis," however, is another matter: priceless if only for its scathing directness, Nasser's house is divided between traditionally attired and silent females and the Westernized (read: loud) and self-satisfied males. Nasser himself remains an important hair's breadth away from merely detestable because he retains a sense of brotherly loyalty and an affectionate nature--although he does deal in very detestable and profitable muck. The real villain is Nasser's right-hand man, the fully macho Salim, who smuggles...
...complete contrast is Omar's father, sunk very low in his adopted nation, who is presented in the film's opening moments lying on his bed and drinking vodka. As Laundrette unfolds, however, his esteemed past, dignity and ideals come forward; he urges his son to "go to university, become a politician." He also retains a good deal of self-mockery and dry wit. On meeting Johnny at the laundrette's opening, he gently asks "Do you do a pink rinse or are you still a fascist...