13th 2006 WMWFF-Theme of the Year：Women and the Arts
DVD
Activity classification
Voices of the Marginalized
Preserve spec.
DVD、Betacam
Film Status
Use in the association only
Copyright Infor.
Silvia G. Ponzoda Taller Digital de la Universidad de Alicante
Email:[email protected] Address:Edificio Nuevos Institutos,Universidad de Alicante,Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, Apdo Correos 99.03080 Alicante,Spain
Introduction
Janata Bennuna is Moroccan; Hanan Al Shaykh, Lebanese and Nawal Al Saadawi, Egyptian. The three of them write in their mother tongue, the Arabic language, and they are all committed intellectuals who show through their books the complexity of the social reality in the Arabian world. The three of them belong to a generation marked by pan-Arabism and studied against their families’ will, although they finally gained their support; they were living in times of change. They use literature as a weapon and denounce situations which they reject. In A woman’s word, these three writers, so different and yet with so many things in common, talk about their life and work. Their voices are combined with their characters’ voices, reflecting their thoughts. From the moment we get to know them, we also get close to the Arabian world, from which recently we only receive Manichean and, frequently, badly intentioned information. They are all Arabian, women who demand their rights, but far from adopting easy victimization, they do it with their own work and commitment.
Title：A Woman's Word
Association