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Women of the Holy Kingdom Struggling for Equality in Saudi Arabia
Title
Women of the Holy Kingdom [electronic resource (video)] : Struggling for Equality in Saudi Arabia / Fisher Klingenstein Ventures.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2006.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 20, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Portions with English subtitles.
Title from distributor's description.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
There is a palpable sense of change in Saudi Arabia today - or at least it sounds good to say that. Women may be gaining ground in some areas, but the oil-rich nation remains one of the most conservative societies in the Islamic world, with plenty of obstacles still littering the road to equality. Directed and narrated by Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid, this program explores the tensions and complexities that cloud the professional prospects, political rights, and personal dignity of women in the country. Conversations with women in a variety of roles - a nurse, a factory worker, a history professor, and several others - help shed light on the debate happening within Saudi society over what should and shouldn't change. Obaid's frustration with the constraints placed on her and her crew, and the fact that many of her interview subjects still feel the need to cover their entire faces, serve as reminders that talking about change doesn't always lead to action. And sometimes even the talking is difficult.
Variant and related titles
Struggling for Equality in Saudi Arabia
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Fisher Klingenstein Ventures, 2006.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
A Kingdom in Transition (1:53)
Changing Roles in Saudi Arabia (4:00)
A Contradictory Society (3:39)
Conflict Between the Government and Religious Clerics (1:05)
A Kingdom of Contrast (4:27)
Tash Ma Tash Show (3:41)
Living in a Closed Society (3:44)
Modernity and Tradition Struggle in Saudi Arabia (4:41)
Segregation at Work (3:05)
Human Rights Abuses in the Kingdom (1:08)
Ready for Reform? (2:42)
Saudi Women Ambivalent About Western-Style Freedom (3:25)
Clerics Unwilling to Support Reform (3:24)
Women Denied Participation in Elections (3:17)
Do Women Want to be Equal to Men? (3:37)
Credits: Women of the Holy Kingdom: Struggling for Equality in Saudi Arabia (0:32)
Videorecording number
51765 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Fisher Klingenstein Ventures.
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