Film/Video

Signs of Remembering: Women’s Resistance in Middle Eastern and North African Documentaries

Six images, from left a woman holding a military weapon, two women sharing a book out in the fields, multiple female students sitting behind their desks in the classroom, a woman pouring into a bucket, multiple well dressed women looking down, and a woman in hijab resting her arm on a tree trunk looking up.
Past and present collide in six films that chronicle the essential role of women in fighting for their own emancipation across generations.
Mar 19, 2021 – Apr 02, 2021

These virtual screenings are free for all audiences.

Signs of Remembering: Women’s Resistance in Middle Eastern and North African Documentaries gathers an intergenerational group of filmmakers whose work brings visibility to vital but suppressed histories. The series explores stories and issues that emerge out of the overlapping movements for women’s liberation, labor rights, and decolonization in the Middle East and North Africa. Each film turns to question official narratives—ultimately challenging their gaps and fissures—to envision more just futures.

A elderly female in red hijab looking towards the camera.
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past Film/Video

A Feeling Greater Than Love (Shu’our akbar min al hob, Mary Jirmanus Saba, 2017, Lebanon)

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 - Fri, Mar 26, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Two women having a conversation on a high altitude with clouds behind in the scene.
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past Film/Video

Letter to My Sister (Lettre à ma soeur, Habiba Djahnine, 2006, Algeria)

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 - Fri, Mar 26, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A line drawing of multiple female figures in a row holding vessel up on their heads.
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past Film/Video

The Kingdom of Women: Ein el Hilweh (Dahna Abourahme, 2010, Lebanon/Palestine)

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 - Fri, Mar 26, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A black and white photo of two female smiling.
US Premiere
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past Film/Video

The Women (Elles, Ahmed Lallem, 1966, Algeria)

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 - Fri, Apr 2, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
Multiple well dressed women looking down.
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past Film/Video

The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting (La Zerda ou les chants de l’oubli, Assia Djebar, 1982, Algeria)

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 - Fri, Mar 26, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A woman pouring water into a bucket.
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past Film/Video

Permissible Dreams (Al-ahlam al-mumkinna, Atteyat Al-Abnoudy, 1983, Egypt)

Fri, Mar 19, 2021 - Fri, Mar 26, 2021
Multiple Dates/Times Available
A portrait photo of Mary Jirmanus Saba.
Virtual
past Film/Video

A Conversation with Mary Jirmanus Saba

Fri, Mar 19, 2021

Organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and curated by Ohio State History of Art graduate student Dareen Hussein and Film/Video Curatorial Assistant Layla Muchnik-Benali.

This series was made possible with support from the Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme Fellowship.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
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L Brands Foundation
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