Director Kim Longinotto
Country/Production UK
Release 1990
Length 52 mins
Format Colour / DVD or VHS / PAL / All region
Location Egypt / Africa
Ethnic Group Egyptian Muslims
Collection Kim Longinotto
Order No RAI-200.xx
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This film reveals contradictions in the lives of Egyptian women in Muslim society. Living abroad, Safaa Fathy returns to Egypt to interview the internationally renowned feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi. Through her efforts she becomes disillusioned, demonstrating the conflict between modernity and tradition in a Muslim environment.
