The women of Hizbollah / JBA production, Arte France present ; a film by Maher Abi-Samra ; director, Maher Abi-Samra.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Abi-Samra, Maher, film director.

JBA production, production company.

ARTE France, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Hizballah (Lebanon).

Muslim women--Lebanon--Beirut.

Muslim women.

Women political activists--Lebanon--Beirut.

Women political activists.

Palestinian Arabs--Lebanon--Beirut.

Palestinian Arabs.

Islam and politics--Lebanon.

Islam and politics.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (49 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Available from some providers with title: Women of Hezbollah

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2001]

Language Note:

In English and Arabic with English subtitles and voiceovers.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Filmmaker Maher Abi-Samra returns to the neighborhood of his youth, Ramel el Ali, in Beirut's southern suburb. Settled in the 1950's by the mostly Shiite community from the villages of southern Lebanon and the Beka Valley, this community grew on the rubble of the civil war. By the early 1980's it had become one of the strongholds of the Islamic Party of God, the Hezbollah. WOMEN OF HEZBOLLAH is a portrait of two women, Zeinab and Khadjie, activists in the Hezbollah, and an examination of the personal, social and political factors of their commitment.

Credits:

Editor, Aurelie Ricard ; camera, Bassem Fayad [and 4 others].

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 16, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-hez Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.