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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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.1414 |
Directed By
Jennifer Kawaja
Crew
Jennifer Kawaja
Don Haig
Kent Nason
Nathalie Lasselin
Cathy Gulkin
Dominique Sicotte
Hélène Girard
Yves Laurier-Beaudoin
Jocelyn Simard
Roger Martín
Diane Carrière
Leila Marshy
Najwa Tlili
Deborah Wasser
Mélanie Gauthier
Shelly Theaker
Natacha Dufaux
Roslyn Kalloo
Denise McCormick
Denise McCormick
Donna Powell
Dionne Brand
Roula Said
Maryem Hassan
Roula Said
Ron Allen
Anne Bourne
John Gzowski
Rick Hyslop
Debashis Sinha
Roula Said
Maryem Hassan
Jennifer Kawaja
Nancy Marcotte
Jennifer Kawaja
Gaspard Gaudreau
Claudine Blain
Denis Pilon
Claude Cardinal
Richard Michaud
Linda Payette
Zoubair Rubio
Souraya Khalil
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Dyane Provost
TOP CAST
Nawal El Saadawi
Herself
Punam Khosla
Narrator
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