Arab FeminismFilms

Kaouther Ben Hania combines testimony, reenactment, and visible performance to examine how violence, maternal authority, political upheaval, and extremist recruitment move through one Tunisian family.

Maryam Touzani’s intimate drama turns a Moroccan tailoring workshop into a study of marriage, queer desire, illness, craft, and forms of love that exceed possession.

During Algeria’s Black Decade, a student turns fashion into collective defiance as armed fundamentalism closes public space around women’s bodies, education, and friendship.

Following a rape survivor through one night of hospitals and police stations, Kaouther Ben Hania exposes how institutions convert the demand for care into an ordeal of proof, shame, and intimidation.

Mai Masri’s prison drama follows a Palestinian teacher who gives birth in Israeli custody, locating motherhood, collective resistance, and political imprisonment within the same carceral space.

10-year-old Saudi girl Wadjda dreams of owning a green bicycle to race with her male friend Abdullah. This groundbreaking work is the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman, exploring complex themes of female freedom, social constraints, and cultural transformation through a girl's desire for a bicycle.