Event: Syria, Women in War - Documentary Screening and Discussion
Date: 22 March 2023
Time: 19:00
Venue: Arts Lecture Theatre - Old Humanities Building - UM Msida Campus
On the occasion of the Francophonie Week, the French Embassy and several departments of the University organise a documentary screening and discussion followed by Q & A in solidarity of the Syrian women on Wednesday 22 March 2023 at 19:00 at the Arts Lecture Theatre in the Old Humanities Building of the UM campus.
The screening, in English, open to the students and external audience, will be followed by a discussion with the film director Kamal Redouani. Kamal Redouani is a senior reporter specialized in the Middle-East region. He wrote the best-seller "Inside Deach" in 2016. His documentaries are regularly screened on French TV.
This event is organised in partnership with the Department of International Relations, the Mediteranean Institute, the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, the Institute for European studies, the Department of Middle-Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures, the Department of Media and Communications of the University of Malta and the Alliance fran莽aise.
Abstract
In March 2011 the wind of revolt blew across Syria as it did in many countries throughout the Arab world. 10 years later, Syria is a country in ruins, Kamal Redouani decided to invite women to speak. As well as being crushed by the regime, imprisoned and raped, they have been the first victims of another force: ISIS. The documentary won the Prize for Best Full-Lenght Documentary Film at the Montreal International Film Festival in 2022.
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