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  1. Repeat After Me (1990 Video)

    Director
    Araf Khan
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    A student film that uses Islamic symbols to produce a poetic critique of the faith and the roles Islam ascribed to men and women. Explores female exuality and the way it survives in repressive Islamic cultures.

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  2. Thanks Be to God we Are Secular (1990 Video)

    aka: Islam: Turkish Style

    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Politics & government; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Examines the Turksih experience of Islam, particularly the tolerant reaction to a series of articles in the Turkish magazine ‘Towards 2000’. The magazine took chronicles from the 7th century to expose...

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  3. Iranian Nights (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    A play by Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton based on the issues surrounding the Salman Rushdie affair.

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  4. Veiled Revolution, A (1984 Film)

    Director
    Marilyn Gaunt
    Producer
    Elizabeth Fernea
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines feminist politics in Egypt, the first Islamic society to cast aside the veil in 1923, and a reaction there to the wearing of Western dress.

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  5. World, The: A Television History (Parts 1-13) (1983 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $39.49

    Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...

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  6. World, The: A Television History (Parts 14-26) (1983 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $39.49 (including parts 1-13)

    Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...

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  7. Pathans, The (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    André Singer
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Bound by a common language and heritage and a fundamental belief in Islam, the Pathans have never acknowledged the political boundaries imposed by the states in which they live. Today the Pathans are...

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  8. Long Search, The (1977 Video)

    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £325.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Survey by Ronald Eyre of the world’s major religions. Each part shows encounters with men and women an attempts to capture something of the faith and understanding of individual people. 1: The Hindu...

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  9. Some Women of Marrakech (1977 Film, Video)

    Director
    Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Marrakech traditional Islamic attitudes to women prevail more strongly than in other Morrocan cities. The film attempts to say something about women who have experienced the hardships of life in such a...

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  10. Dervishes of Kurdistan, The (1973 Video)

    Director
    Brian Moser
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £30.00

    About a community of Kurds resident in Iran on the border with Iraq, man of whom are refugees from Kurdish areas of Iraq. The distinguishing feature of this particular community is that its members are...

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