Fwd from Women Make Movies: Films on Muslim Culture

[Richard J. Senghas]

[Please don't reply to me; just forwarding this along. -RJS]
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To: linganth at cc.rochester.edu, Jennifer Schlegel <jschlege at ucla.edu>
From: Stella Kao <skao at hkucc.hku.hk>
Subject: Fwd from Women Make Movies: Films on Muslim Culture
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Dear Friends,

The staff and Board of Directors at Women Make Movies would like to express
our deepest sympathies to the families, friends and victims of the September
11th tragedy.  Although our office is located just a few blocks away from
the site, we were fortunate not to have lost any of our immediate family of
co-workers and loved ones.

As the nation collectively responds to this horrific event, we have become
increasingly concerned with the violence against Arab-Americans and Muslims,
as well as the alarming trend toward racial profiling.   We believe it is of
the utmost importance to sensitize people about the culture and traditions
of the Arab and Muslim community, both abroad and in the United States, in
order to avoid further prejudicial attacks and denouncements of any one
ethnic group. To accomplish this feat, we believe it is vital to share
educational resources that teach tolerance and an appreciation for cultural
diversity.

At Women Make Movies we have chosen to contribute to this effort by
providing FREE rentals on a selected group of titles on the Middle East and
Arab culture through December 31, 2001.  We simply ask that those who accept
this offer pay the minimum shipping and handling fees.

It is our sincere hope that this gesture will assist to humanize the
Arab-American and Muslim community and demonstrate the vast sources of
alternative educational media available to the viewing public.

To find out more about the films, please click on the film titles below that
directly link to our website www.wmm.com.  You may also send us an email to
orders at wmm.com to place you order.


CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE BOSPHORUS

COVERED: THE HEJAB IN CAIRO, EGYPT

DON"T ASK WHY

FOUR WOMEN OF EGYPT

HIDDEN FACES

HISTORY AND MEMORY

IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE

IRAQI WOMEN: VOICE FROM EXILE

LEBANON: BITS AND PIECES

MY HEART IS MY WITNESS

MY HOME, MY PRISON

MY JOURNEY, MY ISLAM

STATE OF DANGER

A TAJIK WOMAN

THE VEILED HOPE

WHOSE GOING TO PAY FOR THESE DONUTS



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At 11:40 PM 9/30/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
>I need your help locating appropriate video material about Muslim culture
>for junior and senior high school students.  Please, there's no need to
>point out how vague and general I'm being.
>
>Here's the problem:  I work with the local Human Relations Council in
>Reading, PA and we are trying to assist a community leader who has suffered
>from hate incidents personally and professionally since September 11.
>Local, regional and federal law enforcement officials are handling the
>criminal aspect, and the Human Relations Council is addressing public
>perception.  We are hoping to gather material about Islam to distribute to
>the schools in the area.  The Muslim community here is very small and the
>gentleman to whom I've referred is exhausted from trying to protect his
>family and his businesses while answering every phone call to the Islamic
>Center of Reading and accepting every offer to speak to local community
>groups.  He is working with the council to create a document for the
>schools, but all involved feel that video is necessary for the grades
>involved.
>
>If you know of any material (ethnographic film, documentary, news media
>production) that may be useful, please e-mail me.  There are very active
>hate groups (KKK, National Alliance) in this area and we really hope to
>prevent any increase in youth enrollment in these groups.
>
>Thank you for helping,
>
>Jen Schlegel
>
>======================================
>Jennifer Schlegel
>jschlege at ucla.edu
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