Horror Story

Juan Cole has an eloquent and contemplative essay on the interesting life and bizarre death of the Syrian born American film director Moustafa Akkad: The Strange Death of Moustapha Akkad; Zarqawi and "Halloween."

Akkad's passion was the religious tension between East and West, but his most famous movies were the "Halloween" series. Although these were purely commercial ventures, intended to finance his "serious" work, their situations and dramatic context were very Arab and Muslim in inspiration, according to Cole.

Akkad and his daughter were murdered in one of the Amman, Jordan hotel bombings last week, while attending a wedding.

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