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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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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.

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