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  "ar": "زندگی تماشا"
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  "ar": "فيلم باكستاني عن رجل دين مغني يُسجَّل وهو يرقص في حفل زفاف فيوصمه المجتمع؛ أثار اعتراضات دينية أجلت عرضه، ثم صار باكستانياً لأوسكار.",
  "en": "A Pakistani film about a devout naat-reciter shunned after a wedding video of him dancing goes viral — delayed by religious protest, then Pakistan's Oscar submission."
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    "value": "زندگی تماشا",
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    "value": "Zindagi Tamasha",
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    "value": "Circus of Life",
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   "imdb": "tt11497834"
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   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High), screen-index lane; existence, year and identifiers verified against Wikidata and IMDb, 2026-10-16"
  }
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  "concept/abjad-kings-etymology",
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  "concept/ayyam-al-nuhsat",
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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