Arab feminism the topic of documentary showing at Oakton

Posted November 15, 2015 12:00 am

Submitted by Oakton Community College

Oakton Community College will show a groundbreaking documentary on the history of Arab feminism this week.

"Feminism Inshallah: A History of Arab Feminism," presented by the Women's and Gender Studies department, recounts Arab feminism's largely unknown story, from its taboo-shattering birth in Egypt through viral Internet campaigns by today's tech-savvy young activists during the Arab Spring.

Moving from Tunisia to Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, filmmaker and author Feriel Ben Mahmoud tracks the progress of Arab women in their long march to assert their full rights and achieve empowerment.

The movie will be shown free with Arabic and French subtitles at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Oakton's Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, in Room 1610, and at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Oakton's Skokie campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., in Room P103. Discussions will follow the screenings.

Contact Kathleen Carot, program coordinator for Women's and Gender Studies at Oakton, at (847) 376-7061, or kcarot@oakton.edu for information.

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