Negotiating dissidence: the pioneering women of Arab documentary
Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press
(2018), vii, 238 pp., figures, bibliogr., p.225-232, index
ISBN 978-1-4744-3755-4 (pbk); 978-0-7486-9606-2 (hbk); 978-0-7486-9607- 9 (pdf)
"In spite of harsh censorship, conservative morals and a lack of investment, women documentarists in the Arab world have found ways to subtly negotiate dissidence in their films, something that is becoming more apparent since the ‘Arab Revolutions’. In this book, Stefanie Van de Peer traces the very beginnings of Arab women making documentaries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), from the 1970s and 1980s in Egypt and Lebanon, to the 1990s and 2000s in Morocco and Syria." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction, 1
1 Ateyyat El Abnoudy: Poetic Realism in Egyptian Documentaries, 28
2 Jocelyne Saab: Artistic-Journalistic Documentaries in Lebanese Times of War, 55
3 Selma Baccar: Nonfiction in Tunisia, the Land of Fictions, 83
4 Assia Djebar: Algerian images-son in Experimental Documentaries, 110
5 Mai Masri: Mothering Filmmakers in Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, 140
6 Izza Génini: The Performance of Heritage in Moroccan Music Documentaries, 168
7 Hala Alabdallah Yakoub: Documentary as Poetic Subjective Experience in Syria, 194
1 Ateyyat El Abnoudy: Poetic Realism in Egyptian Documentaries, 28
2 Jocelyne Saab: Artistic-Journalistic Documentaries in Lebanese Times of War, 55
3 Selma Baccar: Nonfiction in Tunisia, the Land of Fictions, 83
4 Assia Djebar: Algerian images-son in Experimental Documentaries, 110
5 Mai Masri: Mothering Filmmakers in Palestinian Revolutionary Cinema, 140
6 Izza Génini: The Performance of Heritage in Moroccan Music Documentaries, 168
7 Hala Alabdallah Yakoub: Documentary as Poetic Subjective Experience in Syria, 194
