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1) Moolaadé
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Dyula
Description
Set in a small village, four young girls face ritual "purification" decide to flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from the mutilation. Collé invokes the time-honored custom of moolaadé (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Collé against village traditionalists. This endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter...
Publisher
Rūtānā
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Language
Arabic
Description
An Egyptian woman feels torn between what society expects of her and what she wants to do. Her inner conflicts are exacerbated by her troubled relationship with her husband, her admiration for her politically-active professor, and psychological distress due to being circumcised as a little girl.
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