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Beyond borders : Arab feminists talk about their lives ... East and West.

National liberation movements in the Middle East in the 1950's and 60's held the promise of women's equality, but Arab women still face oppression. They must fight a two-front war against repressive internal restraints and Western interference. This film follows a delegation of Arab w...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Film Board of Canada, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Kawaja, Jennifer (Director), Brand, Dionne, 1953- (Narrator), Khosla, Punam (Narrator), Saʻdāwī, Nawāl
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]
Subjects:
Women, Arab > Middle East > Social conditions.
Muslim women > Middle East > Social conditions.
Feminists > Middle East > Social conditions.
Feminism > Social aspects > Middle East.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Description
Summary:National liberation movements in the Middle East in the 1950's and 60's held the promise of women's equality, but Arab women still face oppression. They must fight a two-front war against repressive internal restraints and Western interference. This film follows a delegation of Arab women activists (including author Nawal Saadawi) as they tour the United States, to sensitize North Americans to Arab feminism and the effects of American foreign policy. They discuss the deterioration of women's rights in the Middle East, how conservative regimes are allied to a conservative interpretation of Islam, and the Gulf War as a setback for women in the Middle East. MIddle East.
Item Description:Originally released as a documentary in 1999 produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color & black and white squences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Director, Jennifer Kawaja ; production team, Ginny Stikeman, Margaret Wong, Andrée Lachapelle, Nicole Hubert ; director of photography, Kent Nason ; narration, Dionne Brand ; narrator, Punam Khosla.