Raffles Reviews

Marha, Marha! Middle East Film Festival!

Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Noor Adilah (17S06B)

A woman drives a car down a Saudi Arabian street wearing a fake moustache, donning men’s clothes.

20 people on opposite sides of a brutal protest spend hours trapped together inside a police van.

A man, depressed and hopeless, makes plans to blow himself up.

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Achtung! – 20th German Film Festival 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R)

As a student taking German as a foreign language, my friends have taunted me with an endless series of wurst jokes for the past five years. Occasionally, learning the language comes with benefits such as being arrowed to mispronounce German words in History class, or being deemed an expert at German beer brands. But really, Germany is more than our stereotypes would suggest.

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Arab Street Foodventures

Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Noor Adilah (17S06B), Jeanne Tan (17A01B), Joan Ang (17A01B)

Last week, three Press reviewers (henceforth labelled Stuffy Eater, Picky Eater and Iffy Eater) and some of their friends decided to go cafe-hopping. Since two in our group are Muslims and could only eat halal food, we chose Arab Street as our hunting ground for the most enjoyable food experience.

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The Best Toilets in RI

Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Bryan Ling (17S06C), Andrew Hidajat (17S03I), Bill Puah (17S06B), and Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P)

Additional reporting: Catherine Zou (17A01B)

Singapore. Within the international community, we are known for many things. Our high standards of living. Our competitive GDP per capita. Even our food. Something fewer people know about though (unless you’re a Y5 who paid attention during National Day celebrations), is our contributions to the world of toilets.

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