Event time:
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 3:00pm
Location:
Ives Main Library
133 Elm Street
New Haven, CT
06520
Event description:
The Council on Middle East Studies presents:
NHFPL Syrian Film Sampler: Woman (2007, Directed by Ziad H. Hamzeh, English and Arabic with English subtitles). A documentary based on the writings, lectures, and activism of feminist Bouthaina Shaaban.
Discussion will be facilitated by R. M. Khoury, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History, Fairfield University.
Special thanks to Arab Film Distribution, City of New Haven Peace Commission, Greater New Haven Peace Council, Promoting Enduring Peace and the Yale Council on Middle East Studies at the MacMillan Center for making this series possible.
Admission:
Free
Open to:
General Public