Type:
Documentary
Director:
Viola Shafik
Year:
1999
Time:
54 minutes
Language:
Arabic with English subtitles
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While depicting the habits and customs related to the annual fasting dedicated to the Virgin Mary, director Viola Shafik asks her female Coptic relatives to share their stories for the camera. Mothers, sisters, daughters and nieces from four generations relate stories that demonstrate the changes in education, emancipation and the role of religion in Egyptian society.
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