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Muslim filmmaker
finds great footage
By William Marshall
On-line Forty-Niner
Meena Nanji, a
Muslim American filmmaker, came home last year with remarkable
footage of Afghan women struggling against the Taliban regime.
Nanji was in Afghanistan gathering stories and personal accounts
of Afghanistan's struggle in the global war for oil, drugs
and power.
She will present a short clip from her documentary film, "Woman
and War," as well as other interviews and video on the
struggling situation of women in Afghanistan. The screening
and discussion will take place today from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in
the Library-East, room 110.
Of South Asian origin and born in Kenya, Meena Nanji moved
to England when she was nine and Los Angeles when she was
17.
Her work has been described by Video Data Bank, the leading
resource in the United States for videotapes by and about
contemporary artists, as a look into the "global diaspora
of post-colonial peoples and the disruption and replacement
of cultural values, traditions, and ideologies that result
from these migrations."
The women of Afghanistan have been caught in crossfire for
the past 22 years; first, in an invasion waged by foreign
powers on their land, and then by bloody civil war. During
this time, they lost husbands, sons, and brothers and have
suffered untold hardships.
And now, under the brutal regime of the Taliban, they are
targets of a litany of laws that restrict all aspects of their
lives.
"In five years the Taliban has done nothing for the people.
There is no infrastructure, no services, no schools and few
job opportunities," said Nanji.
The screening and discussion will be moderated by Houri Berberian
of the Cal State Long Beach history department. For more information
on Meena Nanji and "Women and War," contact the
history department at (562) 985-4431.
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