A Woman's World is a weekly series featuring films about Muslim women. Through the eyes of filmmakers around the world, the series addresses the most important issues - personal, social, and political - facing Muslim women. In presenting these films, A Woman's World seeks to explore the perspectives of Muslim women and the ways in which they are striving to expand their rights and opportunities.
"Hidden Faces" is a startling, unforgettable picture of contemporary women in the Arab world.
Originally intended as a film about internationally renowned feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, "Hidden Faces" develops into a fascinating portrayal of Egyptian women’s lives in Muslim society.
In this collaborative documentary, Safaa Fathay, a young Egyptian woman living in Paris, returns home to interview the famed writer and activist, but becomes disillusioned with her. Illuminated by passages from El Saadawi’s work, the film follows Fathay’s journey to her family home and discovers similar complex frictions between modernity and tradition. Her mother’s decision to return to the veil after twenty years and her cousins’ clitoridectomies reveal a disturbing renewal of fundamentalism.
This absorbing documentary broaches the contradictions of feminism in a Muslim environment; a startling, unforgettable picture of contemporary women in the Arab world.
Julie Vahdati interviews documentary filmmakers from across the globe at this year's Silverdocs film festival.
The Silverdocs documentary film festival is fast becoming one of the most celebrated documentary film festivals in the U.S.
Now in its sixth year, this cooperative effort between the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel once again attracted hundreds of filmmakers, movie fans and industry professionals from across the globe.
This annual event, which takes place at the American Film Institute’s facilities in Silver Spring, Maryland, showcased over 100 films representing 63 countries.
A Woman's World is produced by the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau in line with the U.S. policy of promoting the rights of women worldwide.
Julie Vahdati is the host of A Woman's World more>
A Woman's World is a weekly series featuring films about Muslim women. Through the eyes of filmmakers around the world, the series addresses the most important issues - personal, social, and political - facing Muslim women. In presenting these films, A Woman's World seeks to explore the perspectives of Muslim women and the ways in which they are striving to expand their rights and opportunities. 
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