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Shot between Ireland and Spain and starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa and May Calamawy, Cronin’s distinctive spin on the well-trodden story — with a budget in the mid-$20 million range — sees an expat American family in Egypt devastated by the abduction of their young daughter Katie.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
According to InterNation’s 2025 Expat Insider study, which was based on feedback from over 10,000 expats living in 46 countries, Spain comes out as the top location for the best quality of life category.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
That doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be fans of those teams at their games, because there are, of course, big expat communities across the US and in other countries.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
And while Lapid has embedded political perspectives and critiques in everything from his extraordinary 2011 debut Policeman to his 2019 portrait of an expat, Synonyms, this work feels different, more pointed, far more angry.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
According to InterNation’s 2025 Expat Insider study, which was based on feedback from over 10,000 expats living in 46 countries, Spain comes out as the top location for the best quality of life category.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
That doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be fans of those teams at their games, because there are, of course, big expat communities across the US and in other countries.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
And while Lapid has embedded political perspectives and critiques in everything from his extraordinary 2011 debut Policeman to his 2019 portrait of an expat, Synonyms, this work feels different, more pointed, far more angry.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
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refugee
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are hundreds of immigrant and refugee students in the district that do not attend INA, and Licata said those students are currently performing better than those at INA.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Expat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expat. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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