As it turned out, the film wasn't shot in Syria but in Iraq several years ago where strife between military and religious factions hasn't abated.
Except for one shouting match when the expelled half siblings stormed the palace and had to be removed by the police, the two factions have not spoken since.
The sparring factions have not even been able to sit down together, worried that accepting an invitation proffered by an opposing side could be read as a sign of weakness.
So far the divided Arab separatist factions have not created a militia but they periodically raid government security installations, bomb oil production facilities and broadcast propaganda in Arabic on satellite TV channels from shifting locations outside Iran.
In France, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, far-right parties and factions have not yet taken power, but they are contenders to do so, and they influence the debate on everything from immigration to foreign policy.
According to Rhodesian intelligence, the various nationalist factions had not patched up their differences, were not prepared to accept Muzorewa as their leader and, to this end, were hoping that the conference failed to produce an agreement.
To date, the African Union's mediation efforts among the country's political factions have not resulted in any major breakthroughs.
Notably, the largest conservative political faction has not endorsed Mr. Ahmadinejad in the elections.
A new self-possessed intellectualism was widespread in black music, and the experimental and traditional factions hadn't yet hardened their positions.
