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The Thief of Bagdad

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When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess. From TMDB

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    Silent film starter pack: Way Down East (emphatic melodrama, but huge fun) Battleship Potemkin The Thief of Bagdad (oh, Doug ❤️) Sunrise (oh, George ❤️) The General (oh, Buster ❤️) If you can't intersect with those, silent films might actually not be for you, and that's OK.

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  • Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    Poster for the movie, “The Thief of Bagdad” (1924). Poster art by Anton Grot (1884-1974).

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    One favorite film for each year of the 1920s. 1920: Way Down East 1921: Destiny 1922: Nosferatu 1923: The Ten Commandments 1924: The Thief of Bagdad 1925: The Battleship Potemkin 1926: The General 1927: The Cat and the Canary/Sunrise (a tie) 1928: The Passion of Joan of Arc 1929: The Cocoanuts

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    Miklós Rózsa (with scenes from "The Thief of Bagdad", "Five Graves to Cairo.", "Spellbound" and "Ben-Hur" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD

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  • Jeremy Williams @jerqwills.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    This weeks L4W. Gangs of New York (2002) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️

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  • 🎃 ƚԋҽ ԋαυɳƚιɳɠ σϝ Aʅҽx˚Jҽɾι⛦ @mobiusstrip8.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    The Thief Of Bagdad ⁞1924 www.imdb.com/title/tt0015400 #NowWatching #filmsky ·a recalcitrant tealeaf vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess·

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  • Jose Villarrubia @josevillarrubia.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2024

    What a treat! In the last couple nights I watched Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Price Achmed (1926) and Douglas Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad (1924.) Reiniger's is the first surviving animated feature film and Fairbanks's is an extraordinary feat of art direction and special effects.

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2026

    March 18, 1924: Silent film classic "The Thief of Bagdad" based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh is released.

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    Miklós Rózsa (with scenes from "The Thief of Bagdad", "Knight Without Armour", "Double Indemnity" and "The Jungle Book" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD

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  • Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    Wong’s talent was recognized early, earning her a starring role at 17 in the Toll of the Sea (1922), for which she won a Photoplay Award. Her role in the popular silent film The Thief of Bagdad (1924) with Douglas Fairbanks further boosted her profile, making her a recognized face globally. /3

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  • All Hallows' Genevieve @gennyradosti.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    If the team behind The Thief of Bagdad could make actors fly, disappear, AND fight giant monsters (sometimes underwater) in 1924, you don't need to use genAI in your film.

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  • Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    Glenn Erickson revisits The Thief of Bagdad (1924) in a new CineSavant review exploring Douglas Fairbanks’ landmark silent fantasy adventure. trailersfromhell.com/the-thief-of...

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    Miklós Rózsa (with scenes from "The Thief of Bagdad", "Five Graves to Cairo.", "Spellbound" and "Lust for Life" for which he composed the film scores) - BOTD

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  • "What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    US film poster for The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks.

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  • Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2026

    As we count down to the release of You Are Not Alone: A Gay History of Doctor Who, we’re highlighting some of the book's key personalities and interviewees. This week, it’s screen actor and artist Mary Morris, seen here in the 1940 film The Thief of Bagdad…

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  • Josh Nelson @joshnelsonfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2025

    Sad news. Long before her vocal fame Laine had an uncredited role (street urchin) in the Korda produced THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940). Was only just singing her praises as the film’s surviving cast member (Glynis Johns died at 100 last year) in a soon-to-be-released audio commentary for the film. #vale

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  • Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2026

    On Sunday 26 April, as part of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026, we'll be screening The Thief of Bagdad (1940) preceded by a special talk from @rayharryhausen.bsky.social about the film's influence on Ray Harryhausen’s work. www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    March 18, 1924: Silent film classic "The Thief of Bagdad" based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh is released.

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  • Phil 👨🏽 @philfromthe90s.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2025

    The Leopard is one of my new favorite films. The Thief of Bagdad was wonderful. Final Destination was fun as hell. Tucker is a movie that was made for me. #filmsky #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

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  • Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2024

    Posters for THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940), written by Lajos Biro and Miles Malleson, BOTD in 1888. Malleson also played the Sultan of Basra in the film.

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  • Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.orgBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    Work on the film THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940) was started in London, but due to the outbreak of WWII, production was moved to LA, where Miklós Rózsa completed the score. The film was a big hit. 4/17 #filmsky #moviesky #botd

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  • Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    The Thief of Bagdad (Silent film) was released #OTD 1924. Director: Raoul Walsh.

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  • Bryan Loomis @bryanwhatapic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2024

    Movie years project Year 1940 (66/122) Now Watching 📽️ #3/7 The Thief of Bagdad dir. Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan rec'd by @gaijinrando.bsky.social

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  • Northwest Picture Show @nwpictureshow.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 6, 2026

    The Denver Silent Film Festival kicks off Friday with “The Thief of Bagdad,” and ends Sunday with “Queen Kelly.” It will also showcase "Breaking Plates & Smashing the Patriarchy,” a collection of shorts highlighting female rebellion in early cinema. denversilentfilmfestival.eventive.org/welcome

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  • EOFFTV @eofftv.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    The 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad - beset by production woes and the work of no fewer than six directors - still manages to be a staggering achievement, a rousing fantasy that set the template for similar films to this day. eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/t...

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  • Alicat⁷ 🐈 @djalicat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    Watching The Thief of Bagdad (1940) #filmsky #movies #film

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  • Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.orgBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    5/ CORRECTION: The first score which Miklós Rózsa completed upon moving to Hollywood was for 1940's THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. That film was started in London, but due to the outbreak of WWII, production was moved to LA, where Rózsa completed the score. The film was a hit. 5/ #filmsky #moviesky #botd

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  • F This Movie! @fthismovie.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    Johnny Showtime: @jbfthismovie.bsky.social praises Douglas Fairbanks in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD and recommends some silent films every movie lover should see: www.fthismovie.com/2026/04/john...

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  • loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    another film worth mentioning is 1926's 'The Thief of Bagdad'. i watched this ten thousand times as a child and i have to confess (1) i still have a crush on Douglas Fairbanks and

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  • Samzilla Gaychild @samfloyd1987.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2024

    I'm not sure if anyone is interested in watching old silent films but I found a 1924 version on the Thief of Bagdad directed by Raoul Walsh and starring a shirtless Douglas Fairbanks. It's actually part of the National Film Registry too. A warning though, its dated with orientalist imagery. 🇮🇶

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  • dng @dng.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2024

    This film is 100 years old: The Thief Of Bagdad (1924) accumulationofthings.com/100/2024/01/...

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  • MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    Kanopy and Hoopla, both. Hoopla has lots of music and soundtracks. Last weekend, I couldn’t make the presentation of 1924’s The Thief of Bagdad w/live orchestra at my local movie palace. Hoopla has a soundtrack, Kanopy the film!

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  • conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Kinda like the King in that old silent film of "The Thief of Bagdad" (Aladdin), who gave his daughter to the evil Jafar in exchange for Jafar's latest mechanical wonder - a bejeweled golden flying horse. Sound familiar?

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  • Spooky McSkellington @gooberzilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 31, 2023

    Ah, yes, Veidt plays the villainous vizier Jaffar in The Thief of Bagdad (1940), which is an excellent little fantasy film. The special effects hold up really well, and Sabu steals the show as one of the leading men. I enjoyed that one quite a bit.

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  • Buzz Dixon @buzzdixon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2026

    WWII is what happened. There weren’t the resources available for elaborate films of any kind. The 1940 version of The Thief Of Bagdad was completed only because a Hollywood studio agreed to complete the half finished film. After the war most countries focused on rebuilding. 1/2

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  • Terence Towles Canote @mercurie80.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    Today in 1924 the silent film classic The Thief of Bagdad, based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh, premiered in New York City.

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  • I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.comBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    > This album takes inspiration from such works as 'The Secret Book of John', the 1940 film 'The Thief of Bagdad', and Lata Mangeshkar's 'Meera Bhajans'. She dedicates her work to the Divine Mother Asherah, Holy Spirit, Guardian of the Tree of Life.

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  • Brian Schmid @schmanthonyp.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    I just saw her in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924) and she is *radiant*, should I watch every movie she was ever in? And make myself mad as she gets smaller and continually stereotypical parts

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  • Brent Michaud @brentmichaud.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    Powell also directed parts of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD from 1940. If you get the Criterion, the commentary track is by Francis Ford Coppola (his favourite film) and Martin Scorsese.

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  • Hennie Kriel @officially-hennie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    14 October 1940: Historical fantasy film ‘The Thief of Bagdad’, directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan, premiered in Warm Springs, Georgia. Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%* Letterboxd score: 3.7 (74%) (*Popcornmeter: 81%) #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies

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  • David Stuart @basinhead.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    Final postcards of the day. The colourised ones are both from Alexander Korda's production of the Thief of Bagdad (1940). June Duprez was the female lead. Conrad Veidt had played Cesare in the famous German film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He was also to appear as Major Strasser in Casablanca

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  • Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    Commentary by Douglas Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance NEW Video Essay on Raoul Walsh by film writer/author Martyn Conterio Fairbanks and Fantasy: The Thief of Bagdad – featurette Restoration Trailer (2012) Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo Aspect Ratio 1.33:1

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  • 𝖛𝖎𝖘𝖆𝖌𝖎 @visagi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 23, 2025

    Film rec: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) I can only imagine how magical this must have been to see in its time. One of the most dazzling adventures ever put to film. The scope and craft of silent-era epics were astounding, and movies didn’t get much bigger than this. #filmsky youtu.be/NGp-bR6qt-8

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  • InfectedWithRealNiggaits @tjg03.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    My ★★★★ review of The Thief of Bagdad on Letterboxd boxd.it/7RoLjP

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  • Alexa "Protect Porn and Kink" Phoenix @cyberphoenix001.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2024

    My ★★★½ review of The Thief of Bagdad (1924) on @letterboxd: boxd.it/6BTCHt

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  • Holly-ween III: Season of the Wooloo @mockwooloo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2024

    Still thinking about that thing with Austin Butler getting mocked as pretentious for picking The Good, The Bad and the Ugly as his favourite childhood film. When I was a kid, my top 3 were Buster Keaton's The General (1927), Oh Mr. Porter (1937) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

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  • MovieJawn @moviejawn.comBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    In her #DiscDispatch review, MJ's @gennyradosti.bsky.social writes that the new Blu-ray of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD from @kinolorber.com "could contribute a vital link in film history classes, connecting the influence of German film to America’s late silent and pre-code genre films!"

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  • ghost cum (haunted) @hellyeahdude.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    What is your favorite silent film? Hard mode: That's not City Lights or The Thief of Bagdad.

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  • Ultán @kaospheric.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    Film 304 for '26 ▶️ After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess: #NowWatching "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940) #Film #PhysicalMedia #Bluray #Sabu #MaryMorris

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  • Ultán @kaospheric.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    Film 287 for '26 ▶️ A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess: #NowWatching "The Thief of Bagdad" (1924) #Film #PhysicalMedia #Bluray #DouglasFairbanks #AnnaMayWong

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  • Marchy @marchyfarchy.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2026

    Tonights second movie The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Dirs. Berger, Powell, and Whelan

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  • Narthor @narthor.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 13, 2026

    Watched The Thief of Bagdad 1924. The enchanted tree is probably my favorite silent film imagery. Very creepy and effective. This whole sequence had Douglas Fairbanks fighting like 8 puppet monsters.

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  • Dr. Dani Sanchez @analgesicsleepMastodon · Mar 9, 2026

    The massive castle set was designed by Lloyd Wright, son of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It featured a real concrete floor and a drawbridge constructed out of wood-covered steel. Due to the shear size and cost of the set, Fairbanks would later reuse portions of it in “The Thief of Bagdad” (1924) #SilentFlickerSunday #RobinHood #DouglasFairbanks #TheThiefOfBagdad #SilentFilm

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  • NUTS4R2 @nuts4r2.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    JAFFAR TAKES. Bagdad Burglar Week continues on the blog with my review of the 1940 Korda version of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, right here... nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

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  • John Rambo @jrambo001.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 8, 2025

    #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #AnnaMayWong #WongLiuTsongAnnaMayWong 'The Thief of Bagdad' (1924) It's over a hundred years old! It's a great Silent film! If you haven't seen it, you're wrong!!

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  • NUTS4R2 @nuts4r2.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2025

    From my latest review: “And, I guess that’s probably right... because Miss Wong was spotted by Douglas Fairbanks Jr when he was watching this movie at the cinema and he decided to cast her in a role in his lavish production of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD…”

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  • Aramis Dagaz @aramisdagaz.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    For a second I thought you meant The Thief of Bagdad from 1940, which is a very fun movie.

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    On this day (7th July) in 1979, the Scala Cinema was showing The Thief Of Bagdad and Things To Come as an Alexander Korda produced double bill.

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  • Terence Towles Canote @mercurie80.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    Today in 1924 the silent movie The Thief of Bagdad, starring Douglas Fairbanks, premiered in New York City.

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  • LULUNEPLATZ @hurlelune.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2025

    Dans "Raccnou t'interprète un film" : 'The Thief of Bagdad' (1940).

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Jaffar
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Abu
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Ahmad
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