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Maria's grotto / produced, directed & filmed by Buthina Canaan Khoury ; Majd Production.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Honor killings--Palestine.
- Honor killings.
- Women--Violence against--Palestine.
- Women.
- Women--Crimes against--Palestine.
- Women, Palestinian Arab--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Women, Palestinian Arab.
- Women's rights--Islamic countries.
- Women's rights.
- Sex discrimination against women--Islamic countries.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women--Crimes against.
- Women--Violence against.
- Islamic countries.
- Middle East--Palestine.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (52 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : Arab Film Distribution, [2007?]
- Language Note:
- In Arabic with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Honor killings, a serious issue in many Arab countries, are considered a taboo subject. If a woman is presumed to have sex outside of marriage her punishment is death, to avenge the family's honor. Khoury explores this practice through the stories of four women. One is wrongly accused and murdered; the second dies after being forced by her brothers to swallow poison; the third survives repeated stabbings from her brother; the fourth is a Hip-hop singer who dares speak out about the custom and faces death threats.
- Credits:
- Editor, Saed Andoni ; music, Wasim Qassis, Abeer Zinati.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on May 26, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 729614706
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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