Cairo. Doha. Dubai. Jakarta. These are just a few of the Muslim-majority cities that have held major, prominent film festivals in the last year, celebrations which too-often get sidelined by mainstream media in favor of, well, minarets minarets and the like. Still, the popularity of these festivals is ever-increasing, and the trend continues this weekend with the annual Jakarta International Film Festival Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) in Indonesia, impressively now in its 11th year. 
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