‘Los’ in translation

Much like his character Tom (Pepijn Caudron) explains to Nadia (Sana Mouziane) the meaning of irony, “Los” (“Cut Loose”) director Jan Verheyen, who raked the Cairo International ilm Festival’s Silver Pyramid and Best Screenplay Awards, found himself explaining that individual characters in cinema did not stand for “Arabs” or “Muslims” or “Flemish.”Despite these clarifications, a recent article in the Arabic-language daily Al-Badil titled “Belgian ‘Lost’ accuses Arabs of Terrorism” ironically...