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A veiled revolution / director, Marilyn Gaunt ; producer, Elizabeth Fernea.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslim women--Egypt--Conduct of life.
- Muslim women.
- Muslim women--Egypt--Social conditions.
- Modesty--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Modesty.
- Purdah--Egypt.
- Purdah.
- Social conditions.
- Conduct of life.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (26 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, 1982.
- Language Note:
- English narration with Arabic dialogue and English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Egyptian women were the first Arab women to march in political demonstrations (1919), the first to take off their veils publicly (1923), and the first to receive free secular education (1924). But today the educated granddaughters of those early Arab feminists are returning to Islamic dress, complete with full face veil and gloves. A veiled revolution considers possible reasons for this turn back to tradition--the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, the rejection of western values--as Egyptian women speak out.
- Credits:
- Camera, Diane Tammes ; editor, Terence Twigg ; music, Ali Jihad Racy.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Previously released by: Elizabeth Fernea, c1982.
- Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
- Publisher Number:
- if-veil Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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