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Dishing democracy Arab social reform via satellite TV
Title
Dishing democracy [videorecording] : Arab social reform via satellite TV / a Submarine Production for Thirteen/WNET New York in association with VPRO, TSR and RTBF ; directed by Bregtje van der Haak ; produced by Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting.
Published
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television series Wide Angle on July 31, 2007.
Edited by Katharina Wartena and Alexander Oey.
Summary
It makes personal life the topic of public discussion. And it does not shy away from sensitive issues. This report gives an inside look at the popular Arab all-female talk show Kalam Nawaem. The program provides a detailed portrait of the hosts--four highly articulate Arab women of different ages, nationalities, and viewpoints: Rāniyā Barghūt (Lebanese), Muná Abū Sulaymān (Saudi Arabian), Faraḥ Basīsū (Palestinian) and Fawzīyah Salāmah (Egyptian)--as they wield the power of transnational satellite TV to boldly and effectively push social reform in primetime. Homosexuality, domestic violence, women voting, and social and political equality between the sexes are all fair game on Kalam Nawaem--and viewers are loving it.
Variant and related titles
Wide angle (Television program)
Kalam Nawaem (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Arabic
Added to Catalog
October 09, 2009
Credits
Edited by Katharina Wartena and Alexander Oey.
Performers
Jay O. Sanders, narrator.
System details note
DVD.
Contents
1. Kalam Nawaem
2. A Media revolution
3. Rania and Farah
4. Breaking taboos
5. Muna and Fawzia.
Subjects
Also listed under
Submarine (Firm)
VPRO.
Radio-télévision suisse romande.
Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française.
Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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