Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West
Directed by Jennifer Kawaja
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In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western interference. In this program, a feminist delegation composed of author Nawal Saadawi and other renowned activists from the Middle East and North Africa gathers at the UN, on college campuses, and in church basements to speak out about deterioration of women's rights in the Arab states in an effort to heighten awareness of the Arab feminist struggle for equality--and the effects of U.S. foreign policy on their efforts.Read moreLess
In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western interference. In this program, a feminist delegation composed of author Nawal Saadawi and other renowned activists from the Middle East and North Africa gathers at the UN, on college campuses, and in church basements to speak out about deterioration of women's rights in the Arab states in an effort to heighten awareness of the Arab feminist struggle for equality--and the effects of U.S. foreign policy on their efforts.
The story
In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western interference. In this program, a feminist delegation composed of author Nawal Saadawi and other renowned activists from the Middle East and North Africa gathers at the UN, on college campuses, and in church basements to speak out about deterioration of women's rights in the Arab states in an effort to heighten awareness of the Arab feminist struggle for equality--and the effects of U.S. foreign policy on their efforts.
Cast & crew
Nawal El SaadawiHerselfExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Kent Nason
- Director
- Jennifer Kawaja
- Producer
- Don Haig
- Editor
- Hélène Girard
- Writer
- Dionne Brand
- Original Music Composer
- Roula Said
- Editor
- Cathy Gulkin
- Editor
- Dominique Sicotte
- Original Music Composer
- Mariem Hassan