Women's Human Rights Film Series: "Women of the Holy Kingdom" March 19, 2007

Free and open to the public. This film by Sharmeen Obaid documents the emerging women's movement in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, women need permission from their male guardians to study, work and travel. They also are forbidden to drive and to mix with men in public. Now, a growing number of Saudi women are challenging these traditions and are clamoring for more rights. In "Women of the Holy Kingdom," Obaid travels across Saudi Arabia to explore why the Muslim religion's holiest land treats half its population as second-class citizens. Discussion following the screening will be led by Laura Nelson, staff attorney in the Women’s Human Rights Program at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, and Hend Al-Mansour, immigrant artist from Saudi Arabia whose work focuses on women in the Islamic world. For more information about the film series, please contact Mary Hunt at (612) 341-3302 ext. 107 or mhunt@mnadvocates.org.

Official Website: http://www.mnadvocates.org/Women_s_Human_Rights_Film_Series4.html