2009 Spring Muslim Women: Contemporary Realities
Afsāneh Najmābādi
Afsaneh Najmabadi teaches History and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. Her last book, Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian […]
Read MoreFarzaneh Milani
Born and raised in Teheran, Iran, Farzaneh Milani attended French primary and secondary schools. She earned her BA in French Literature in 1970 from California State University at Hayward. Transferring […]
Read More“Jihad for Love”
“A Jihad for Love” is Mr. Sharma’s debut and is the world’s first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between Islam and homosexuality. Parvez enters the many worlds […]
Read More“Inside Out”
Maria is a middle-aged single woman with three children. Saman is a newly married young man. Arash is an eighteen-year-old high-school dropout. They have one thing in common: They are […]
Read More“7 Zan Filmsaz-e Nabina” (7 Blind Female Filmmakers)
This extraordinary omnibus film presents seven shorts made by a group of blind women who each participated in a yearlong filmmaking workshop initiated by director Mohammad Shirvani. Each short opens […]
Read More“Salt of This Sea”
SYNOPSIS: Soraya, born in Brooklyn in a working class community of Palestinian refugees, arrives in Israel and faces the usual cold humiliation at passport control once they learn her family […]
Read MoreRhoda Kanaaneh
Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh is currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Middle East and Islamic Studies at New York University. She is the author of the award-winning book Birthing […]
Read More“Persepolis”
Marjane Satrapi grew up wearing sneakers and beating up boys. She wanted to grow up to be a saint. When she was ten years old, her world changed overnight. Girls […]
Read More“Shahiha – Brides of Allah”
A women’s prison in Israel. Palestinian women who had planned or taken part in a suicide bombing are held here. The Israeli filmmaker questions the women about the circumstances and […]
Read MoreAmina Wadud
“Amina Wadud is currently visiting Scholar at the Starr King School of the Ministry, Berkeley, CA. In 2008 she retired as Professor of Islamic Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) […]
Read More“Football Under Cover”
The members of the Iranian women’s international football (soccer) team possess a dedication to the sport rivaling that of any other group of players in the world. What they lack, […]
Read MoreMaysoon Zayid
Maysoon Zayid was the first comedian to perform standup live in Palestine, performing in Nazareth, Haifa, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Jerusalem. She has performed on Comedy Central’s The Watch List and […]
Read MoreRoya Hakakian
Roya Hakakian has collaborated on over a dozen hours of programming for leading journalism units on network television, including 60 Minutes and on A& E’s “Travels With Harry”, and ABC […]
Read MorePardis Mahdavi
Pardis Mahdavi is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Pomona College and a consultant for the International Women’s Health Coalition. She received her Masters in International Affairs (MIA), Master of Arts […]
Read More“Dah be alaveh chahar” (10+4)
In this sequel to Abbas Kiarostami’s “Ten”, Mania Akbari, the leading actress of the film, again drives a car and talks to her son, her sister and other people. Her […]
Read More“3 Zan” (3 Women)
“Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Manijeh Hekmat unfurls a beautifully paced, visually rich and emotionally insightful story about a family of three women. On a day that should be ordinary, Minoo, a […]
Read More“Dinner with the President: A Nation’s Journey”
What are the implications for democracy in Pakistan when secular political parties have succumbed to the Islamic agenda? What does it mean when the army appears to be the only […]
Read MoreKhaled Abou El Fadl
Khaled Abou El Fadl is one of the leading authorities in Islamic law in the United States and Europe. He was named as a 2005 Carnegie Scholar in Islamic studies. […]
Read More