Iranian Cinema Big Winner Of Herat Intl. Women’s Film Festival
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Age Islam News Bureau
23
November 2020
• Curtains Come Down On Sheikha Hind Women’s Sports
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The First Women's Football League In Saudi Arabia Has Officially Launched
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Iranian Women Sets Herself On Fire To Stop Her Shed's Demolition
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Australian Qatar Airport Victim Describes Invasive Search ‘Nightmare’
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Saudi Study Shows That Men Resort To 'Misyar' Marriage To Avoid Hurting
Feelings Of The First Wife
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Iranian Cinema Big Winner Of Herat Intl. Women’s Film Festival
November
21, 2020
Iranian
cinema was the big winner at the 6th Herat International Women’s Film Festival
(HIWFF) as movies from the country garnered awards in six categories of the
Afghan event on Thursday.
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The
Golden Earring Statue for Best Feature Narrative in the World Cinema
competition went to “Just 6.5” by Saeid Rustai.
Afshin
Hashemi’s “Goodbye Shirazi Girl” also received a certificate of appreciation
for its different view of women.
In
this category, Sara Bahrami, the star of the Iranian drama “Axing” directed by
Behruz Shoeibi, shared the award for best actress with Ruby Ruiz for “Iska”
from the Philippines.
“The
Visit” by Azadeh Mousavi won the Bronze Earring Statue for Best Short
Narrative, while the Bronze Earring Statue for Best Animation went to “Tangle”
by Maliheh Gholamzadeh.
“Khatemeh”
co-directed by Hadi Zarei and Mehdi Zarei was selected as best feature
documentary.
The
documentary is about a 14-year-old Afghan girl named Khatemeh living in Iran
with her family. She is forced to marry the husband of her late sister who died
by suicide, but after a while, she escapes from home to save her life from her
husband and her brother’s torture and takes refuge in the Welfare Organization
of Shiraz.
The
closing ceremony of the most prestigious women’s film festival in the region
was held on Thursday evening at Darul Aman Palace in Kabul.
Minister
of Information and Culture Tahir Zahir and Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar, who
was a jury member for the International Narrative Feature Films Competition,
were among the attendees of the ceremony.
Afghan
filmmaker Sahra Karimi’s drama “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” won the Golden Earring
Statue for Best Feature Narrative in the Women’s Cinema.
The
Jury Special Mention for Best Documentary Feature was awarded to “Midnight
Traveler”, a co-production between Afghanistan and the USA by Hassan Fazili.
In
addition, “Five Minutes to Sea” by Armenian filmmaker Natalia Mirzoyan received
the Jury Special Mention for Best Animation.
Greek
filmmaker Anna Antonopoulou’s “Cleoniki” was named best short documentary.
A
lineup of 73 films from different countries, including India, Iran, France,
Britain, Greece, Italy, the USA, Egypt, Russia, Croatia, Germany, Spain,
Belgium and Poland, were screened during the four-day event.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/454921/Iranian-cinema-big-winner-of-Herat-Intl-Women-s-Film-Festival
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Curtains
Come Down On Sheikha Hind Women’s Sports
November
23, 2020
It’s
officially kick-off for Saudi Arabia’s first women’s football league.
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Dubai:
Mona Al Sahlawi of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) and Nafeesah Sara Siraj
of Dubai Media Inc. clinched the badminton crowns as eighth season of Sheikha
Hind Women’s Sports Tournament drew to a close on Sunday.
The
2020 season of the tournament - which featured six individual sports: bowling,
road run, cycling, badminton, CrossFit and table tennis – started on November 8
and came to a close on November 21 with the badminton finals taking place on
the courts of Dubai Sports World inside the Dubai World Trade Centre.
Al
Sahlawi, who had finished runners-up to Dubai Public Prosecution’s Heba Sami in
the table tennis competition earlier, defeated Amal Youssef of Dubai Public
Prosecution for the badminton title in the Emirati section, while Rawda Al
Hajri of Dubai Police took the bronze medal.
In
the non-Emirati badminton final, Nafeesah Sara Siraj defeated Gyanu Maya Baral
for the title, while Jeanielie Cabulong of Dubai Health Authority took the bronze
medal.
CrossFit
Championship
In
the CrossFit championship, which took place on November 20 at the Max &
Aegle fitness centre in Meydan, Noura Al Sarrah of Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority (DEWA) took the top spot among Emiratis, finishing ahead of Hamda Al
Marri of Zayed of Zayed University and Latifa Al Falasi of Dubai Culture and
Arts Authority. Heba AlSyed Salahuddin took the title in the non-Emirati
section, while Anna Zih of Dubai Municipality finished second and Sara Shehady
of DEWA was third.
In
the 18km Cycle Race that took place on November 17 on the Nad Al Sheba cycling
track, Safia Al Sayegh of General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners
Affairs took the top honours among Emiratis, while Ruqayya Ahmed of Dubai
Police came second and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank’s Farah Al Marri was third.
Dubai
Police’s Mariam Mubarak had taken the gold among Emiratis in the Road Run,
finishing ahead of Rawda Al Mansouri of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
while Noura Jassim of State Security took the bronze.
In
the bowling competition, Suad Yousef Saeed of Dubai Police finished ahead of
Dubai Municipality’s Fatima Sabeel in the Emirati category and Sheikha Aba
Bangit of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing came third. In
the non-Emirati category, Lady Liz-Ann of FAME Training Institute took the top
honours, while Aura Michello of Idea Art Interior took silver and Jennifer
Mamoun of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing got the bronze.
In
the table tennis competition, Heba Sami was the champion among Emiratis,
defeating Al Sahlawi, while Fatima Mohammed of Dubai Municipality took the
bronze medal. In the non-Emirati table tennis competition, Sondos Salem of
Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) defeated her RTA Ma Bermadette for
the title, while Yolanda of Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services finished
third.
https://gulfnews.com/sport/uae-sport/curtains-come-down-on-sheikha-hind-womens-sports-1.75446340
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The
First Women's Football League In Saudi Arabia Has Officially Launched
November
22, 2020
It’s
officially kick-off for Saudi Arabia’s first women’s football league.
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The
new female-focused league was set to launch in the Kingdom earlier this year,
but had a lengthy postponement due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
However,
the new league is now officially underway being run by the Saudi Sports for All
Federation (SFA).
The
new league includes a total of 24 teams with over 600 players. And the teams
are located in three different cities in the Kingdom – Dammam, Jeddah and
Riyadh.
Excitingly,
seven matches took place in Saudi Arabia last week in Jeddah and Riyadh.
Per
the SFA, the new women’s league aims “to empower women and to encourage them to
become active and to participate in sports at the community level”.
It
was only two years ago that women in Saudi Arabia were allowed to attend
sporting events in public stadiums.
Since
this history-making moment in 2018, the attitude towards women in sport in the
Kingdom has transformed. At the forefront of the pivotal shift in the country
is the Saudi Greens Team, which became the first Saudi women’s team ever to
join an international event.
In
2019, the Greens competed in the Global Goals World Cup (GGWCup) – a tournament
that was launched to champion the role of sport in achieving the United
Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) No. 5.
In
September’s – ‘The Power Issue’, Emirates Woman discussed the shift for women
in sport in the Kingdom with Shaima Saleh Al-Husseini, Managing Director for
the SFA.
“Everything
has improved by leaps and bounds for women in sport in Saudi,” she said. “There
are now dedicated programs to foster women in sport, and in our case, at the
community level, to turn athletics and physical activity into a daily habit for
girls from a very young age.
“There’s
now huge support for elite women athletes as well; as I am sure you know there
was not before.”
It’s
another great step in the right direction for women in sport in the Kingdom.
https://emirateswoman.com/the-first-womens-football-league-in-saudi-arabia-has-officially-launched/
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Iranian
Women Sets Herself On Fire To Stop Her Shed's Demolition
November
20, 2020
A
video is circulating on Iranian social media showing officers from the Bandar
Abbas municipality destroying a single mother's shed has triggered a series of
protests on the internet. The state-run Iran Labor News Agency, ILNA, reported
on Thursday that the woman had set herself on fire.
According
to Bandar Abbas mayor Abbas Aminzadeh, "They were building a house on
occupied land. After several warnings and notifications for evacuation, the
authorities demolished the building by official order."
ILNA
quoted Aminzadeh's deputy, Esmaeil Movahedinejad, as saying, "No one lived
in the half-built shed, and our emphasis on evacuating the house was more for
the safety of the family--- and only one of the four walls of the shed were
destroyed."
As
the shed was being demolished, the woman suddenly set herself on fire.
"She was taken to a hospital while suffering from an 18 percent burn,
mostly in her left hand," Movahedinejad said
Similar
incidents in Iran have led to public outcries on social media in Iran,
including the case of Asieh Panahi.
Living
with her daughter and granddaughter in a slum in Kermanshah, Panahi died on May
20 while preventing municipal officials from destroying her home.
A
video posted on social media of Panahi's resistance to Kermanshah municipal
agents showed that she threw herself into a loader's bucket. However, the
details of her death are still unknown, with some reports suggesting she may
have been beaten, which the Kermanshah municipality has denied.
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/30963356.html
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Australian
Qatar airport victim describes invasive search ‘nightmare’
November
22, 2020
LONDON:
An Australian victim who went through an invasive examination at Qatar’s
airport has spoken out about her “nightmare” experience on 60 Minutes Australia
this week.
The
show begins with 60 Minutes reporter Sarah Abo describing how “dangerous” Qatar
is for foreign women following the airport examination in October.
Abo
said that Qatar “promotes itself as a modern and progressive state that
welcomes and respects foreign visitors.”
“But
that’s far from the truth. In reality Qatar is a dangerous destination,
especially for western women.”
The
international scandal grabbed headlines after a large group of women, including
13 Australians, said that they were strip-searched by Qatar’s airport
authorities without their consent.
The
Qatari officials at the time said they did that after finding a newborn child
abandoned inside one the airport’s bathrooms.
The
episode interviews an Australian woman who was transiting in Doha. They called
her Jane to protect her real identity in the interview as she speaks of the
humiliation of going through the physical check in Doha.
After
boarding the Qatar Airway’s aircraft, bound for Sydney, Jane said: “There was
an announcement by a male speaker, who did not specify if he was a pilot,
officer or cabin crew, saying all females need to disembark the airplane and
take their passports with them.”
Without
any warning, Jane and other Australian female passengers were snatched off the
plane by “heavily armed guards.”
“There
was no chance we could step up for ourselves . . .” she said with a voice
choked with tears.
“At
that point, scenarios were going through my mind . . . are we getting
kidnapped? Are we being taken somewhere? Am I gonna see my husband or my
family?
At
the tarmac, there were ambulances awaiting the female passengers. They were
then forced to enter the ambulances and told that they needed to be “tested”
because a baby had been found inside a bathroom bin at the airport.
Jane
said that they were asked to lie on the stretcher and take off their underwear
for checking by another female.
“We
felt like criminals, I just kept thinking, if they think that I’m guilty of
something, what’s gonna happen to me in this country?”
The
show’s presenter said that the incident should make passengers reconsider
choosing Doha as a transit destination: “The story of how she was assaulted is
so unbelievable that not only will it outrage all Australians, it’s sure to make
people reassess future travel to or via Qatar.”
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1766831/middle-east
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Saudi
Study Shows That Men Resort To 'Misyar' Marriage To Avoid Hurting Feelings Of
The First Wife
November
22, 2020
Samir
Salama
Abu
Dhabi: A Saudi study confirmed the necessity of working to reduce the
exorbitant costs of marriage so that some men do not have to resort to a misyar
marriage for economic motives.
The
thesis entitled "Attitudes of faculty members towards misyar marriage in
Saudi society ... a study applied to King Saud University", by Mada Bint
Abdul Rahman Al Qurashi, presented to complete the requirements for obtaining a
master's degree in sociology at King Saud University, stressed the need not to
exaggerate the dowry, as it is one of the main reasons for the spread of misyar
marriage in Saudi society.
A
misyar marriage is legal across Arab countries. It is a contract under which
the husband and wife give up several rights by their own free will, such as
living together, equal division of nights between wives, the wife's rights to
housing, and maintenance money, and the husband's right to home-keeping and
access etc.
The
couple continue to live separately from each other, as before their marriage,
but get together regularly, often for sexual relations in a permissible and
halal manner. Although allowed in some Muslim countries, misyar is not popular
with many because women lose nearly all their rights in a confidential
marriage. A large number of such marriages end up in divorce.
Misyar
marriage is one under which a couple get officially married in courts, but
later on, the man does not complete the processes of the marriage. He doesn't
add the wife under his official civil document, which is a must so that the wife
gets her full official rights, sources said.
The
Saudi study showed that one of the reasons for husbands resorting to misyar
marriage is that women do not accept the idea of polygamy. It, however, called
for women's awareness of the husband's right to marry the second, third and
fourth. The study further called for conducting studies aimed at uncovering the
reasons for the spread of a Misyar marriage among different segments and groups
of the Saudi society in different cities of the Kingdom.
“Some
Saudi men resort to misyar marriage, because they do not want to assume life
responsibilities, as this marriage does not require alimony, and perhaps not
having children, and the woman’s rejection of the idea of polygamy makes the
husband resort to misyar marriage to avoid hurting the feelings of his first
wife, and for his concern for his first family and fear of his children being
lost,” the study said.
It
showed that women often resort to misyar marriage, forfeiting their right to
maintenance and overnight stay, in order to obtain a husband who provides her
with the life needs that were difficult for her, and that most divorced women
resort to misyar marriage because of their desire to marry and chastity, as
well as the woman's desire to move and travel freely.
The
study showed in these cases, the man normally hides his Misyar marriage from
his first wife and children. Thus, he doesn't spend the night with the second
wife. He only visits her during the day after work and spends some time with
her without his first wife's knowledge."
She
added that the girl's family also doesn't mind such marriages as they want
their daughter to have someone in their lives. "In a Misyar marriage, the
couple get married officially and have marriage certificate from the courts.
They avoid having children, but if this happens, the children will be given
their father's name and will be issued passports. The man is not obliged to
spend on the wife and the children. He is exempted from paying for anything for
them. However, he can pay from his own will," it said.
Arab
women generally accept to get into this kind of marriage when they reach 40
years of age and above and need male companionship. These women don't want to
be alone. They seek male companionship, and thus accept to get married instead
of being alone. In many cases, these women are divorced or widows according to
marriage counselors.
Counselors
noted almost all men who seek this type of marriages are getting married for
the second time.
https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-study-shows-that-men-resort-to-misyar-marriage-to-avoid-hurting-feelings-of-the-first-wife-1.1606016415538
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