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