A fascinating documentary about Egyptian women’s lives in contemporary Muslim society and the effects of Islam on their lives. An Egyptian woman, Saafa Fathay, working as a researcher, and now living in Paris, has been commissioned to work as an interviewer on a film. She goes back to her country to meet the internationally celebrated feminist writer, Nawal el Sadawi, whom she has always admired. Rather than do a conventional portrait of the famous writer as another film crew are doing, and knowing the terrain intimately, she uses Nawal’s writings as a springboard to examining her own upbringing and the lives of her sisters and cousins. In Arabic and English with English subtitles.
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ACMI Identifier
315258
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Egypt - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Muslim women
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women, Arab
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Islam
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Muslim women
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Muslims
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women and religion
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women, Arab
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Muslim women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women, Arab
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)