Kingdom of Women: Ein el Hilweh
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Lebanon| 2010| 52’ | Arabic| En Sub By Dahna Abourahme
Woman | Gender | Social Interest
The story of the women of Ein El Hilweh refugee camp between 1982-1984 is an important chapter in the history of Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon. After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the camp was destroyed and its men imprisoned. “The Kingdom of Women” documents the community and organizing spirit of the women during this period, how they were able to rebuild the camp, protect and provide for their families while their men were held captive. Weaving between past and present, animation and daily life, the documentary focuses on seven of these women and honors how women continue to contribute to the survival of the Palestinian community in exile.
Coming Screening
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Festivals, nominations and Awards:
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Jury Prize - Al Jazeera Doc Int'l FF 2011**
Nominated for Best Director -“Jade Kunlun” Awards of World Mountain Doc Festival - Qinghai China 2012
-TAIWAN International Film Festival 8 Oct 2011
- Mediterranean Film Festival, Bosnia 22 - 27 Aug 2011
- Woman Film Festival- Gaza Palestine 12 July 2011
- ARAB Film Festival - Sydney Australia 2011
- Reel festivals - London 2011
- Abu Dhabi Film Festival - Abu Dhabi 2010
- Palestine in the New Cinema - Beirut 2010
- DOX BOX - Damascus 2011
- Official Selection - Aljazeera Doc FF 2011
Crew:
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Editor: Dhana Abourahme
Director of Photography: Talal khoury
Animation: Lena Merhej
Director:
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Dahna Abourahme is a Palestinian filmmaker who grew up in Abu Dhabi and Amman. She received her MA in Media Studies at the New School for Social Research in New York where she worked as a filmmaker and youth media educator. She is currently living in Beirut teaching at the Lebanese American University and involved in community media. In 2004, she completed her first feature documentary, until when…, a personal portrait of four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank. Her current documentary, The Kingdom of Women, grew out of an oral history project initiated by the Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts (Al-Jana) with the women of Ein El Hilweh Camp in south Lebanon
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Language: Arabic with English subtitles.
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