(Un)veiled: Muslim Women Talk About Hijab
- Synopsis
- The film introduces the audience to ten Muslim women from various backgrounds who now live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Their discussion about hijab, the headscarf, revolves around a lecture on the same topic that was banned at the last minute but delivered anyway. In a time when Islam and especially Muslim women are represented as monolithic and beset by backwardness, the women in (un)veiled show the diverse, lively, argumentative debates in Muslim societies about the meanings of modernity, emancipation, and feminism. The film also shows Dubai to be a complex, contemporary Arab city.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2009
- Year of production
- 2007
- Subjects
- Social Studies; Women’s studies
- Keywords
- religious belief and practice; social life and customs; women; Muslims; Dubai; hijab
Credits
- Director
- Innes Hofman Kanna
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Price
- $145.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 36 minutes
- Year
- 2009
Distributor
- Name
Documentary Educational Resources
- docued@der.org
- Web
- http://der.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 617 926 0491
- Fax
- +1 617 926 9519
- Address
- 101 Morse Street
Watertown
MA 02472
USA - Notes
- American company with an extensive catalogue of documentary films from around the world in the areas of ethnology, anthropology, world cultures, religion, women’s studies and human rights. Supplied on PAL/NTSC video and multi-region DVD, or download via the Reframe Collection (qv).
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