On 7/27/06, Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Who are those people?
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I'm still stymied about what exactly is repugnant about Hezbollah's "ideology"?
I always wanted to see this film, but I haven't got around to it yet: <http://www.frif.com/new2001/hez.html> The Women of Hezbollah A FIlm by Maher Abi-Samra Filmmaker Maher Abi-Samra returns to the neighborhood of his youth, Ramel el Ali, in Beirut's southern suburb. Settled in the 1950's by the mostly Shiite community from the villages of southern Lebanon and the Beka Valley, this community grew on the rubble of the civil war. By the early 1980's it had become one of the strongholds of the Islamic Party of God, the Hezbollah. WOMEN OF HEZBOLLAH is a portrait of two women, Zeinab and Khadjie, activists in the Hezbollah, and an examination of the personal, social and political factors of their commitment. "A stimulating and complex picture of Islamism, gender relations, feminism, and nationalism. The film helps reconceptualize the framework of female Islamic militancy in the Middle East." - Al Jadid: A Review & Record of Arab Culture and Arts "A revelation... an understanding document [that goes] beyond appearances. Discover[s] hidden reasons for the Islamic fundamentalism in the Shiite community of Lebanon." - Le Monde "[Provides] a historical perspective from which the viewer can distill a clearer picture of the nature of the Islamic Party of God, the Hezbollah... thus putting a face of human emotion to a topic often foreign to Western, non-Muslim audiences. A very well balanced look at the various factors of their commitment and an excellent historical primer on the social and political conditions contributing to this culture. Highly recommended for Academic areas revolving around Political Science, Middle-Eastern Studies and History, Women's Studies, and certainly for non-academic areas as it is culturally enlightening." - Educational Media Reviews Online "THE WOMEN OF HEZBOLLAH...ventures into a rarely seen world... The attitude of the film neither endorses nor condemns Hezbollah itself, but it does look on in wonderment that mothers would accept, and even encourage, their sons' martyrdom in suicide attacks." - The Memphis Flyer ** 2005 National Women's Studies Association Film Festival ** 2002 Vermont Women's Film Festival ** 2001 Amsterdam International Documentary Festival 49 minutes / color / 2000 Sale/video: $375 Rental/video: $75 -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
