Al Jazeera World - Women who refuse to die
In July 1995, an estimated 8,000 Muslim men and boys - sons, husbands and brothers - were dragged away never to be seen again. The Srebrenica massacre marks a particularly inhumane and brutal act within the tragedy and bloodshed of the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian War. This film follows four survivors of the massacre as they look to the future despite the pain of their loss and the angst of trying to make sense of the past.
(via azaadi)
WORDS OF WITNESS is one of the many amazing films showing at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival this year.
Defying cultural norms and family expectations, 22-year-old Heba Afify takes to the streets to report on an Egypt in turmoil, using tweets, texts and Facebook posts.
Every time Heba heads out to cover the historical events shaping her country’s future, her mother is compelled to remind her, “I know you are a journalist, but you’re still a girl!” Her coming of age, political awakening and the disillusionment that follows, mirrors that of a nation seeking the freedom to shape its own destiny, dignity and democracy.
Heba’s words bear witness to the heady optimism of a country on a path to self-determination, the toppling of a dictator, the difficult transition toward democracy, the courageous challenge to the ruling military who cracks down on the opposition, and the celebration of a cultural shift where a younger generation inspired a country to “lead themselves.”
(via erythrathalassa)
Refugee in Her Own City - CNN’s Ben Wedeman profiles a woman living in a refugee camp who must pass through checkpoints to get to work.
VIDEO: Fashioning Faith: a documentary by Yasmin Moll
Log Line:
At the intersections of faith and fashion, designers explore what it means to be young, female and Muslim in today’s America.
Synopsis:
Muslim clothing designers in New York City struggle to combine high fashion with a high sense of piety. Their designs aim to stay true to Islamic principles of feminine modesty while attempting to break into a fashion scene marked more by exposed shoulders than covered hair. In the process these young women designers are redefining what it means to be a modern Muslim in contemporary America.Length: 22’13
Shooting Hope
The film Shooting Hope follows a project that uses photography to bring Palestinian and Lebanese teenagers together.
Source: AJE
The muslim women interviewed in this short film are actually really interesting, it’s worth a watch.
(Source: undertheheadgear)
i think even the muslim community, in and outside of the u.s., mistakenly associates the niqab with a lot of the ideas about islam and spirituality that we consider to be antiquated and cultural, rather than religious. i know a lot of muslims who consider the niqab extremist and threatening - “this is why They are scared of us,” etc.
i can’t speak for the specific theological antecedents but i have mad respect for these women— it takes guts to wear the hijab but to cover your face in a society that conflates who you are with how you look— that takes an amount of courage and strength i know not of. of course, the way one dresses isn’t related to one’s spirituality or indicative of the strength of their relationship to god but to willingly (and on your own accord) don the niqab must take a deeper, purer love for god that i could only hope to experience, one day.
(via altmuslimah)
