Arab diaries [videorecording] / A Tamouz Media presentation ; Executive producer, Ilan Ziv ; Series producer, Deborah Davies ; series editor, Daoud Kuttab.
Episode editor, Nahed Awwad ; Music, Ross Lossing [sic]. "A five-part series on two discs"--Container. Episodes originally produced in 2000. Non-Latin script record. Subtitle for Episode 5 is listed as Maids in the family on disc menu, and Maids in my family on container.
Contents:
[Disc 1]: Episode 1: Birth / [filmmakers, Suheir Farraj, Abbas Hashim, Abeer Esber] ; Episode 2: Youth / filmmakers, Ali Bilail, Samia Chala, Muriel Aboulrouss -- [Disc 2]: Episode 3: Love and marriage / filmmakers, Samia Chala, Muriel Aboulrouss ; Episode 4: Work and money / filmmakers, Ghalia Sheikh, Lubna Haddad, Abbas Hashim, Raed Helou ; Episode 5: Home / director, Yto Barrada.
Summary:
Five-part documentary series about contemporary life across the Arab world, with a focus on women's stories. "Birth: The story of a Palestinian woman caught up in a cycle of pregnancies because of social pressure to produce a male child, and two other stories of babies, one in need, the other absent, in Syria and Iraq. Youth: Four young women striving for independence and empowerment in Algeria, Egypt, and Lebanon. Work: Explores the hopes and aspirations of Arab men and women as embodied in the dreams and realities of flying. Love and marriage: The stories of people confronting obstacles to their personal relationships and happiness in Algeria and Lebanon. Home, or Maids in my family: A Moroccan woman confronts her liberal bourgeois family and their servants about the relationship between them."--Container.
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