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Beijing won’t save the regime, but it will suffer from its collapse.
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When Hollywood Made Israel into Iran
Not Without My Daughter.
The 1991 film Not Without My Daughter—starring Sally Field and based on Betty Mahmoody’s 1987 memoir of the same name, about her escape from Islamist Iran—could not be filmed in the country where the story took place. After some consideration, the producers decided to film it in Israel. Miryam Zakheim writes:
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When Hollywood Made Israel into Iran
Not Without My Daughter.