Woman (2008)

Against the oppressive environment of religious fanaticism political turmoil archaic traditions and the rise of fundamentalist Islamic movements one extraordinary Arabian woman rises up in a personal revealing and dangerous quest to champion justice and equality for all women WOMAN is a featurelength documentary based on the writings lectures and life of Nobel Prize nominee activist Bouthaina Shaaban as she fearlessly ignites awareness while advancing the cause of rights for Arab women from securing formal acknowledgments throughout the Arab world that women should be afforded basic human rights to waging an international battle defending the integrity of the real Arab female all accomplished with the firm hand of diplomacy and the power of her pen