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![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20510%20315'%2F%3E "A still from the trailer for "No Fire Zone."")
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Latest from Sri Lanka's 'No Fire Zone': Meet Director Callum Macrae
"No Fire Zone" Director Callum Macrae tells how he came to document what might have been Sri Lanka's...
May 29, 2013
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/05-29-13/nfz.jpg.webp?h=a82a5158&itok=ydMhOGbl "A still from the trailer for "No Fire Zone."")
![Media file: DSC_0364.JPG](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/04-09-13/DSC_0364_0.JPG.webp?h=fee4874d&itok=gjGQusMH "Umm Ahmed says she vividly remembers the year 1964, when she and her family were displaced, her village's shoreline inundated when the Aswan High Dam created Lake Nasser. During the Mubarak era, the government contemplated plans to develop the valuable land around the lake, appealing to private developers and touristic ventures. Nubians allege corrupt deals were made and their own claims to the land neglected. A couple months ago, the Muslim Brotherhood's new minister of housing announced a "strategic vision" of development for Aswan, promising new housing units to Nubians. Many are skeptical they'll see much change. Image by Lauren E. Bohn. Egypt, 2013")
