Bisha : the awesome fire test / / Lily Films ; produced and directed by Elia Sides, Nira Sherman-Sides ; anthropologist and consultant, Joseph Ginat.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Ginat, J.

Hyman, Gerald F., Narrator.

Sherman-Sides, Nira., Director, Producer.

Sides, Elia., Director, Producer.

Filmakers Library, inc., Distributor.

Lily Films.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Bedouins--Social life and customs.

Bedouins.

Ordeal--Middle East.

Ordeal.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1997.

Language Note:

This edition in an undetermined language with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

"The Bisha ceremony is the ultimate ordeal for revealing the truth. Suspects lick a white-hot iron pan with their tongues. If they are scorched, it shows they are lying: if not, they have unequivocally proven their innocence"--Original container.

OCLC:

747796393

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.