Director: Feriel Ben Mahmoud Producer: Virgine Adoutte
Description:
The
struggle for Muslim women’s emancipation is often portrayed
stereotypically as a showdown between Western and Islamic values, but
Arab feminism has existed for more than a century. This
groundbreaking documentary recounts Arab feminism’s largely unknown
story, from its taboo-shattering birth in Egypt by feminist pioneers
up through viral Internet campaigns by today’s tech-savvy young
activists during the Arab Spring. Moving from Tunisia to Egypt,
Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, filmmaker and author
Feriel Ben Mahmoud tracks the progress of Arab women in their long
march to assert their full rights and achieve empowerment.
Biography: Feriel
Ben Mahmoud specializes in books and documentaries on women’s
rights in the Arab world. Previous films include: Tunisia: Year
Zero, Children of the Moon and Tunisia: A History of
Women. Published books include: Tunisie, Un Siecle
D’images (1857-1956), L’algerie au Temps des Francais and Voyage Dans L’empire Colonial Francais.
