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Originally intended as a film about feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, the film is portrayal of the lives of modern Egyptian women in Islamic society. Safaa Fathay, a young Egyptian woman living in Paris,...
The local bride fair of the Ait Haddidu people, who live in the Atlas mountains of Morocco, is a gathering to which women flock in search of a husband. For divorcee Fadma it may be a last chance and for...
Muslim families have been living in Britain for hundreds of years. Many of today’s Muslim communities first came to Britain after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 with large-scale Muslim immigration...
Armed Islamic groups in Algeria have killed more that 60 foreigners over the last year culminating in an order for tourists to leave or face death. The film reports on the conflict between Algeria’s...
Explores the role of the fatwa in Islam in the wake of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1989 fatwa against author Salman Rushdie. Looks at the way in which varying cultural interpretations are influencing cultural...
Aims to aid an understanding of Shows how the Friday prayers are conducted in Britain by Sunni Muslims from Pakistan. Subtitles indicate the main sections of the proceedings, and a running commentary in...
Looks at the key role Algerian women played in the algerian War of Independence from the French some 30 years ago. Veteran fighters talk about their work in the revolution, many for the first time, and their...
Examines Islamic culture in Spain and asks whether European culture has Arabic roots. Fetures Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo.
Series looking at the major beliefs and practices of leading faith traditions, in which believers explore a particular religious belief or teaching of their respective faiths with Ronald Eyre. 1: The idea of...
Traces the steps of Abdul Hafidh Wentzel, his wife and children, European converts to Islam, as they prepare for their sacred pilgramage, the Hajj, and travel from their home in Dusseldorf to the holy cities...
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