Lighting in Canada, she and her husband, the novelist Josef Skvorecky, published books that had been outlawed by the communist regime supported by the Soviet.
The term, which was popularized by a "Star Wars" show and is rooted in real frustrations with technology, has become an insult against artificial intelligence and robots.
Millions of Syrians from destroyed places like Daraya feel they have done everything possible to overthrow the Government of Assad, but still await aid to reconstruction.
The selection of Jim O'Neill, a former director of Silicon Valley, has aroused objections from the Democrats, who noticed his lack of medical or scientific training.
In the days preceding the Festival, hundreds of cinema professionals signed an open letter asking that the starry event take a position against the crisis in Gaza.
Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the attack led by Hamas, and the remains of another person, who have not been identified, were found while the government seems destined to expand a military offensive.