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Neil Stephenson
Canadian founder of Dubai International Film Festival launches British libel action
December 21st, 2008
The founder of one of the world's leading international film festivals is today launching a major legal action in the UK High Court of Justice against two former senior colleagues who falsely accused him of being a "racist" and an "Arab hater". Neil Stephenson, the former CEO of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) - an event conceptualized and founded by Stephenson in the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks in order to bring reconciliation between the West and the Islamic world - is suing DIFF Chairman Abdulhamid Juma and Managing Director Shivani Pandya. Stephenson originally conceived the idea of DIFF in the UK on December 26, 2001,...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-12-21)
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