Moustapha Akkad, Director of 'The Message' died in Jordan Blasts

He was killed along with his daughter. What a loss for all of us...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The body of Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born producer of the Halloween horror film series who was killed in this week in triple hotel bombings in Jordan, was brought to Syria Saturday for burial.

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Update: Here's a great article by Al-Jazeera on the life and career of Moustapha Akkad: click here. My husband says the Arab world was reporting on this long before the Western press picked up on it.