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Film: Palestinian 'Women in Struggle'
By
Marsha Goldberg
Published Mar 9, 2005 3:46 PM
In a new one-hour documentary, four Palestinian women tell their stories of
withstanding unimaginably brutal torture and long years of imprisonment by
Israel for the "crime" of wanting to free their people and their land from the
U.S.-backed Israeli state. "Women in Struggle" was made by Palestinian filmmaker
Buthina Canaan Khoury.
Pelestinian holds photo of her martyred daughter.
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The women, who were imprisoned at different times
since the 1970s, talk about their experiences against the background of the
difficulties and suffering of daily life today for the Palestinian people--
including the long lines to go through Israeli army checkpoints and the huge
apartheid wall being built.
More than 7,600 Palestinian political
prisoners are currently being detained by Israel and 108 of them are women.
Filmmaker Khoury discussed their plight at the International Action Center in
New York after a showing of the film on March 1. The standing-room crowd was
moved, outraged and inspired.
Khoury is currently touring the U.S. showing
"Women in Struggle." For the schedule of showings see
www.womeninstruggle.com.
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