Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)
Overview
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.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.0878 |
Directed By
Jennifer Kawaja
Crew
Nathalie Lasselin
Kent Nason
Jennifer Kawaja
Don Haig
Roger Martín
Ron Allen
Debashis Sinha
Roula Said
Hélène Girard
Diane Carrière
Deborah Wasser
Denise McCormick
Denise McCormick
Donna Powell
Leila Marshy
Natacha Dufaux
Jennifer Kawaja
Yves Laurier-Beaudoin
Dionne Brand
Roula Said
Maryem Hassan
Jennifer Kawaja
Gaspard Gaudreau
Cathy Gulkin
Mélanie Gauthier
Roslyn Kalloo
John Gzowski
Rick Hyslop
Dominique Sicotte
Najwa Tlili
Jocelyn Simard
Anne Bourne
Maryem Hassan
Shelly Theaker
Roula Said
Nancy Marcotte
Linda Payette
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Richard Michaud
Souraya Khalil
Denis Pilon
Claudine Blain
Zoubair Rubio
Dyane Provost
Claude Cardinal
TOP CAST
Nawal El Saadawi
Herself
Punam Khosla
Narrator
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